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

“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

There was thrashing, and a wave came, blocking the view.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016

While he was doing that, I was thrashing around over in my seat, getting all the equipment together that I would need for my space walk.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins