scourging

present participle of scourge
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scourging
Verb
  • The Bleed Black will tell the story of a family’s perilous journey west to save their son a decade after colossal monsters began ravaging American cities.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Giving Bad Bunny the space to spotlight his culture and politics is a bold move for Apple Music, Roc Nation, and the NFL, in light of the anti-Latino sentiment ravaging the country.
    Vanessa Diaz, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While summer may be over, nothing is stopping you from whipping this thing out for the holiday season.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The wind was whipping this past week at McGrath Stadium, mist in the air.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The county was also heavily affected by the 2021 floods that swept most of Middle Tennessee, with high waters washing away multiple roads and even destroying a church in the Pinewood community, according to previous Tennessean reporting.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Just two years earlier, devastating floods swept through Middle Tennessee, damaging infrastructure and destroying a church in Pinewood.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And inside the hedges was my tour photographer hiding in bushes that had not previously been there.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In 2024, Machado’s candidacy was blocked, she was prevented from leaving the country, and she has been forced to live in hiding.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Not even a month had passed since his big sister, Toraya, was shot and killed at an apartment complex in New Jersey, devastating the Reid family and shaking the Timberwolves organization to its core.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Oil was discovered there in the 1920s, and the county went through booms and busts for decades, enriching wildcatters and devastating the landscape, until a lasting bust left Loving County a virtual wasteland with no running water, paved roads, schools, hospitals, or grocery stores.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Among many other plans, Project 2025 proposes drastically slashing the federal workforce — by more than 1 million employees, according to one tally.
    Carlos Waters, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • After a little more belittling of Brian and his station in life, Malcolm drunkenly pulls his sword from his scabbard and starts slashing wildly.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • How much the reader should sympathize with Lisa—whether the character whom Harwicz has created is more aptly seen as a wronged person lashing out or as a more lucid villain—also feels unresolved.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Bill Burr is lashing out at critics for slamming his appearance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Others have called out the boring marketing campaign based around flogging variants in order for Swift to finally beat the record for the biggest opening sales week for a female artist in history (currently held by Adele, which she is likely projected to break).
    Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The only thing tougher to watch than the Bengals’ offense on Sunday was Browning flogging himself over the failure.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Scourging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scourging. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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