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Recent Examples of cane
Noun
Rattan appears in just the stool and card table, while complementary materials like raffia, caning, and jute help anchor the room with a neutral foundation. Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025 Furnishings vary from room to room, featuring different styles of settees, including some made from caning and wicker materials. Lori Weisberg, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
Thonet broke ground in the kids’ furniture market in the late 1800s, when his company added kid-size cane chairs and high chairs to its catalog, bringing small design to a mass market. Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025 That's when Korosa allegedly hit Soria with a cane, causing Soria and Flores to plummet down the stairs. Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cane
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cane
Noun
  • Video footage verified by CNN shows the moment an officer draws his baton amid a struggle with one demonstrator as other officers tussle with protesters on the ground.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This is not just the violence of batons or bullets, but the quieter devastation inflicted by law through denial, deferral or bureaucratic neglect.
    Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Heeled, bubbled, square-toed, strapped or leathered out with metal accents like Longoria’s, the shape is proving its range.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Lucy Bronze’s icon status was reaffirmed throughout England’s 2025 European Championship-winning campaign — from strapping up her own leg in extra time to her absolutely leathering home a penalty in the quarter-final shootout win against Sweden.
    Ali Rampling, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Verb
  • The kidnappers take her to Teddy’s house and strap her to a table in the basement, after taking precautions to make sure she’s not traced by fellow Andromedons.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
  • And there was no chance that paramedics would be strapping a member of the Yankees coaching staff to a stretcher and sending him to the hospital because of the actions of a Boston pitcher.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The Speccie’s star columnist is the rudest man in Christendom, the Godzilla of contumely, an all-time non-sufferer of fools who horsewhips his targets the way Hunter S. Thompson and Christopher Hitchens once did.
    Kyle Smith, National Review, 23 Apr. 2020
  • In reality, Watson wasn’t a bar fighter or famous for horsewhipping cowboys.
    Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 12 Mar. 2018
Verb
  • These sneakers feature white pebble leather, faux pony hair, and cowhide detachable straps.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 23 June 2023
Verb
  • Hitler exploited his 37% to gridlock legislative processes, to cudgel or crush the political opposition, and ultimately to undermine the country’s democratic structures.
    Timothy Ryback, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Before long, fairs had such attractions as cudgelling bouts, bearbaiting, and something called gouging.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
Verb
  • But casinos are also a popular amenity on cruise ships, with everything from slots and roulette to blackjack often on board.
    Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The casino may be able to pick up some additional money from tables, after the gaming commission in mid-March allowed craps to resume and blackjack tables to expand.
    BostonGlobe.com, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2021
Verb
  • In recent times, the series has been painstakingly flagellating itself for the past.
    Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Stephens would do well to stop flagellating himself and the Never Trumpers and instead join democracy advocates in defending the rule of law in a dangerous new world.
    DP Opinion, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025

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“Cane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cane. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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