have cudgelled
- present perfect of cudgel.
Example Sentences
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The pageants were fanciful enough, and poor Settle must have cudgelled his dull brains well for it.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
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 Trollope, Anthony
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 Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle
I have cudgelled my memory for Collections and Recollections suitable to this season of retrospective enthusiasm.
From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine
We have cudgelled our brains—I mean, we have talked matters over.
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
