Example Sentences

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The emo kids were thrashing on sweaty concert floors.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2023

"Even in trial by water, the extent to which a person sank may have been open to interpretation, especially if they were thrashing around and the rope was being pulled in all directions."

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2019

"We were thrashing and rocking about so they needed to get more ropes, so they could all be heaved together," says Mallinson.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2013

Last week delegates to the League's annual convention in Chicago were thrashing out new answers to old problems�and sizing up some new questions as well.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few of his former fisherboy friends were thrashing around in the sea, their laughter the only noise on the empty beach.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook