Example Sentences
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And turning to the Men that had bound him, he said, My Friends, am I to die, or to be whipt?
From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Summers, Montague
On April 1, 1634, John Lee “for calling Mr. Ludlowe false-heart knave, hard-heart knave, heavy ffriend shalbe whipt and fyned XIs.”
From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Earle, Alice Morse
No, no; let carman whip his jade: 240 The valiant heart is not whipt out of his trade.
From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge
He'd seen a fellow cave right in under one on 'em, and come out as cow'd as a whipt spaniel.
From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by Riley, H. H.
"Willingly," said the Farmer; whipt out his knife, and in a jiffy slish! slish! slish! off came the Jackals' tails.
From The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India by Crooke, William
