threshes

present tense third-person singular of thresh

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for threshes
Verb
  • That appeared to be a distraction at times to Anisimova, who motioned to her team in the stands that something was bothering her during ball tosses for serves.
    Howard Fendrich, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Henry then surrenders his phone, and Tony tosses it into the air for Ziva to blast to pieces.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When asked the question, the owl takes the lollipop and licks it three times before chomping down on its hard shell exterior and handing the stick back to the child.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The pair is seen crawling through a wildflower field, dancing, and jumping, but also hollering at each other, brandishing knives, and at some point, Lawrence licks a window with zeal.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The man simply pounds the zone.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some devices, for example, track eye movements or other small muscle twitches to let users select words from a screen.
    Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The fog may roll in, but the coastline never hides for long.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Maddie hides her binging and purging from Deena and Jake, lying about being pregnant to distract her husband from what’s really going on.
    Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When Brian and Murtagh report that Dougal offended the Grants and Colum had to promise Ellen’s hand to appease the situation, Lord Lovat squirms.
    Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • To accomplish this, Barton turned to the fundamental dance technique of spotting, where the dancer finds a focal point in front of them and whips their head around to hold that focus spot and keep themself centered.
    Oliver Sava, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Wind whips both the sound waves and temperatures around, so bring a blanket even if it’s not forecast to rain or hail.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Then, there’s the one about the two Asian guys who are harnessed to a chariot and made to pull it along, like horses, with bits in their mouths, while this other Asian guy, holding the reins, lashes them with a whip.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Usually, when one partner lashes out, the other responds in kind.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Threshes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threshes. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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