cudgel
noun
a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
have cudgelled
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present perfectof cudgel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I have cudgelled my memory for Collections and Recollections suitable to this season of retrospective enthusiasm.
From Collections and Recollections by George William Erskine Russell
I have cudgelled my brains with the greatest willingness, and only wish I had more time to have done better.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
We have cudgelled our brains—I mean, we have talked matters over.
From Lewis Rand by Mary Johnston
Passepartout might have cudgelled his brain for a century without hitting upon the real object which the detective had in view.
From Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
My friend in the gallery," continued Sir Ferdinando, "reminds me of the very word for which I should in vain have cudgelled my brain.
From The Fixed Period by Anthony Trollope
