Example Sentences

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The father of the student told BBC Pidgin he approved the whippings.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2021

English officials jailed as many as 15,000 Quakers, and their missionaries faced whippings, exile, and even the death penalty in Massachusetts.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

James Bolton, interviewed by a white worker in Athens, Georgia, told this story about whippings:

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2016

So too with one of the workshop editions of “Ecce Homo”: Bosch presents a Christ who is bowed and lacerated with whippings and dripping with blood, whereas his follower presents Christ standing upright, seemingly unhurt.

From Economist • Feb. 25, 2016

Aunt Loma’s heart was down on a level with Mr. Angus Tuttle’s, and he had caused me more whippings than I could count.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns