Example Sentences

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Ellie Kildunne, whose concussion symptoms must have eased judging by the way she was whacking a pitchside drum, has more obvious stardust to her game.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

Mai Qing, a worker, was whacking vegetables theatrically with a large knife.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2015

Yet last week Blumenfeld was very much alive; he was whacking tennis balls to his son at his Southfield home, and talking about going back to bowling.

From Time Magazine Archive

Everyone filed out of the classroom except him and Ron, who was whacking his wand furiously on the desk.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

Outside the Waldorf Astoria, a bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin was whacking a hellhound with a rolled-up newspaper.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan