Examples of whipping post in a Sentence
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What's even uglier is when one of them is tied to the whipping post in broad daylight by a mob egged on by leading climate scientists and their henchmen.
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Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2014
On Wednesday, less than 50 years after the state rid its laws of the punishment, the whipping post displayed on public property in Georgetown, Delaware, for decades will be pulled from the ground and tucked in a warehouse.
—Xerxes Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
Forty-eight years after formally ridding whipping from its laws as a criminal punishment, the state of Delaware will be removing a public whipping post on Wednesday.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020
This is the last Delaware whipping post to be removed.
—Allen Kim and Sheena Jones, CNN, 1 July 2020
In her 90s, Hollingsworth's recollection of Delaware's relationship with the whipping post began in the 1930s.
—Xerxes Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
An 8-foot tall whipping post was removed from a Delaware county courthouse square Wednesday after activists said the post was a reminder of racial discrimination.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2020
The whipping post was originally located on the grounds of the Sussex Correctional Institution south of Georgetown, according to a news release.
—Allen Kim and Sheena Jones, CNN, 1 July 2020
The last to abolish state whippings:Delaware to remove public whipping post Wednesday Follow reporter Meghan Mangrum on Twitter @memangrum.
—Meghan Mangrum, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2014
On Wednesday, less than 50 years after the state rid its laws of the punishment, the whipping post displayed on public property in Georgetown, Delaware, for decades will be pulled from the ground and tucked in a warehouse.
—Xerxes Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
Forty-eight years after formally ridding whipping from its laws as a criminal punishment, the state of Delaware will be removing a public whipping post on Wednesday.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020
This is the last Delaware whipping post to be removed.
—Allen Kim and Sheena Jones, CNN, 1 July 2020
In her 90s, Hollingsworth's recollection of Delaware's relationship with the whipping post began in the 1930s.
—Xerxes Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
An 8-foot tall whipping post was removed from a Delaware county courthouse square Wednesday after activists said the post was a reminder of racial discrimination.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2020
The whipping post was originally located on the grounds of the Sussex Correctional Institution south of Georgetown, according to a news release.
—Allen Kim and Sheena Jones, CNN, 1 July 2020
The last to abolish state whippings:Delaware to remove public whipping post Wednesday Follow reporter Meghan Mangrum on Twitter @memangrum.
—Meghan Mangrum, USA TODAY, 30 June 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1600, in the meaning defined above
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“Whipping post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whipping%20post. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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