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flogging

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verb

present participle of flog
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flogging
Noun
  • Heavy whipping cream: Creates more of an airy texture in the cream cheese layers; also used to top the dessert.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
  • They're sandwiched between a mixture made with coconut cream and heavy whipping cream, which together taste freshly of coconut, not artificial.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • With their teeth bared in a frozen rictus grin, this couple appears to be hiding a darkness which we are left only to guess at.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
  • My safety came down to something as simple as hiding my name.
    Ismat Ara, TIME, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Jared Harris is the best movie John ever, licking his lips and sucking his teeth; Aidan Quinn is the best movie Paul.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Boston, Cleveland, and New York are licking their chops, ready to feast on a Bucks team missing its point guard, its bench leader, and its identity.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But the $12 billion decline in his fortune has more to do with asset shuffling than stock price movement.
    Julie Goldenberg, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • James has been shuffling back and forth between the NBA and the G League.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • That means next year is going to be a struggle for the quarterback, who is already struggling.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Ordinary Americans also work for league media arms such as the NFL Network, which last year conducted layoffs, or their partners, including regional sports networks that are struggling to keep pace.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Whitecaps’ win was the exclamation point on a 5-1 aggregate thrashing in the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • Bournemouth have one win in their last eight league games, Fulham have lost four of their last six matches, Brentford have two wins in seven, and Palace one win in five (against Brighton), which was followed by successive thrashings away to Manchester City (5-2) and Newcastle (5-0).
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The plan was implemented after several high-profile incidents occurred on the city's subway system, including a deadly shooting that broke out on an elevated train platform and a train conductor who was injured in a slashing attack.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • For both types of validators, slashing costs will drop majorly.
    Amor Sexton, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Ruby, overwhelmed by the changes, began lashing out.
    TJ Macias, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Ruby, overwhelmed by the changes, began lashing out.
    TJ Macias, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Flogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flogging. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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