Example Sentences

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The left-hander's had a couple of thrashes outside off stump when he needn't have done, but he registers the visitors' first boundary of the season, drilling Ethan Bamber to the cover fence.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024

Park thrashes through the “Hedwig” songbook with aplomb; high points include the headbanger “Angry Inch,” the aching anthem “Wicked Little Town” and “Wig in a Box,” a tour-de-force tune of self-discovery.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021

“When the virus thrashes your lungs, then what’s left is lung damage, and your body just has to heal that on its own,” he says.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021

While the pianist thrashes away at a collection of pitches, her mobiles and their shadows twist calmly in front of the lights, creating a potent contrast with the instrumental ferocity.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2018

Slats grabs the gate in his teeth and rattles it, then thrashes his head up and down.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George