Example Sentences

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My first smart jacket was a well-thrashed one.

From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen

This is by no means a charity on the part of the authorities, but a well-thrashed and deep-laid scheme to circumvent the Reichstag as it gives the Emperor another 75,000 men.

From The Secrets of the German War Office by Graves, Dr. Armgaard Karl