thrash
verb (used with object)
to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
was thrashing
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past progressiveof thrash.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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King County Elections Director Julie Wise was thrashing challenger Doug Basler with 83% of the vote Tuesday night in her campaign for a third term running elections in the state’s largest county.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
Last August, Crystol was struggling to buckle Sabrina’s seatbelt as her daughter was thrashing wildly, in the midst of a three-hour meltdown.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
“Everybody was thrashing around about decoupling before this happened, trying to decide: ‘Should we decouple?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2020
Schwab went outside to settle a patio umbrella that was thrashing in the wind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2018
He was thrashing about weakly when I went back to him.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
