scourging
- present participle of scourge.
Example Sentences
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Instead of expounding dogmatic theology, they told the vivid human story of the Via Dolorosa, the Crown of Thorns, the Scourging, and the Wounded Side.
From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund
Both artists painted the same subject, but the former represented the Scourging of St. Andrew, and the latter St. Andrew led away to the Gibbet.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub
Red Wind from over sea, Scourging our holy land!
From A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
The central picture represents the Scourging of Christ, a subject of which Sebastian was especially fond, as it gave the opportunity of displaying his great anatomical power.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
The mightiest picture on this planet is Rubens' "Scourging of Christ."
From New Tabernacle Sermons by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
