Example Sentences

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Daisy and her big brother were whacking each other around a little bit so I asked her if she wanted to come sit with me and watch the horse race.

From Salon • May 7, 2011

"They were whacking each other left and right," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2011

Far to the north, Nigerians were whacking with a fury.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only as we were whacking the mud off our boots by the huts where the sports gear's kept did Mr. McNamara remember the three boys he'd sent to the bridge over forty minutes ago.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Those were whacking good stories, if I do say so myself.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns