Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cat-o'-nine-tails
Noun
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Corrections officers strap the black-and-blue mask with a plexiglass face shield to the bound inmate, Hood said, removing his glasses and instructing another person present strap the mask tightly to his face, before breathing deeply.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Aug. 2025 -
The adjustable heel strap is a game-changer, while the single-pull toggle lace ensures a snug, secure fit.—
Clay Abney,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Aug. 2025
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This airy gel-cream is built on a base of birch tree sap, which hydrates, brightens, and strengthens skin.—
Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
4 Aug. 2025
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The structural framework was mostly maple, birch, mahogany or gum wood panels.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
19 July 2025
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The colorful show is put on by the broadleaf deciduous trees, mainly oaks and hickories, that dot the Domain.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Aug. 2025
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Beetles are essential decomposers in our hickory and oak boreal forests.—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2025
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Over the past two years, he’s partnered with a brilliant crop of iconoclastic directors who have reimagined many of his signature shows in radical ways.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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This shade created micro-climates where smaller fruit trees and ground crops could grow, while palm trunks and fences woven from fronds helped hold back the ever-encroaching sand and doubled as building materials.—
Jacob Jones,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Aug. 2025
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Off the back, a three-season sunroom — painted in calming hues, strung with lights, and furnished with repurposed rattan, offers the perfect perch to watch the fire pit glow as night falls.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Boston Herald,
18 July 2025
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The chairs combine an aluminum frame with gorgeous, crisscrossing rattan.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
16 July 2025
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Pictures of Piper the dog, who last year went through an awful health scare after having a rawhide treat.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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Chinese laborers, rare for that time, made rawhide bags on site to take the limestone and dump it into iron buckets on an aerial tramway, according to Meniketti’s report.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 July 2025
Noun
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The item expected to go for the third-highest sum is Indiana Jones’ eight-foot bullwhip, belt, and whip holster used by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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In a perilous moment, the titular character uses the bullwhip to attach to a German cargo truck’s rear and drag behind it, saving himself from getting crushed beneath it.—
India Brown,
Robb Report,
22 July 2025
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The carry-on size bag, which has cowhide leather trim, features the classic Louis Vuitton logo in gray repeating across a black canvas and retails for $3,500.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The soles are all made from thick sheets of cowhide leather that are held together by iron hobnails, reports CNN’s Kameryn Griesser.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 July 2025
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“Cat-o'-nine-tails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cat-o%27-nine-tails. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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