whipped

past tense of whip
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of whipped The actress whipped out some ballerina dance moves to ensure each pair was still comfortable enough for any and all activities. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025 This mordant delight — about two young men who befriend one another in a support group for people who’ve lost a twin — whipped the Eccles theater into a frenzy with its cuttingly dark laughs and unexpected plot twists. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025 Mary Roy, too, married to flee violence—her father, a civil servant under the British, beat his wife and whipped his children—only to find that her husband was an incorrigible drunk. Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025 Using computer models to simulate Jupiter's early, rapid growth, the researchers discovered that its gravity whipped the planetesimals into a frenzy, causing the high-speed collisions that created the chondrules. Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025 As a result, chair umpire Greg Allensworth put the Frenchman back onto his first serve, sparking an astonishing outburst from Medvedev who whipped the crowd into a frenzy. Ben Church, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025 Enslaved people could be whipped, branded, mutilated, or killed without legal consequence to their enslavers. Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 For attendees who were already inside, the blowing dust whipped across the desert playa, overturning many campsites and scattering belongings. Denise Chow, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025 Gently fold in remaining 1 1/2 containers whipped topping in 3 batches until just combined. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whipped
Verb
  • Global energy firms slashed thousands of jobs after the 2020 oil bust, leaving a skeletal workforce.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Trump maintained Friday that the economy would be adding jobs if Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had slashed benchmark interest rates, even though doing so to the degree that Trump wants could ignite higher inflation.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lewisville quarterback Tre Williams threw four touchdowns, three of them in the third.
    Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • FanDuel, a popular online gambling company, threw them a Hail Mary by offering to restore express train service for the Philadelphia Eagles’ season opener against National Football League (NFL) division rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, on Thursday.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For a locker room that’s been through a lot because the front office swung and missed on the worst quarterback trade in NFL history.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Busta also received an assist from Papoose and Joyner Lucas, all of them sharing lyrical wordplay and seamless tradeoffs as Busta swung between his trademark dichotomy of rapping to gruff bellowing.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Moytoy flapped his lips fast like an engine.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Cunha, sitting on the turf, flapped his arms when Mbeumo failed to follow in for a tap-in.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • These two hurricanes come after Hurricane Erin lashed North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding last month.
    Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Some liberal commentators, however, have lashed out in response to the shooting, saying calls for prayer are tone deaf responses given the victims were inside a church.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Osaka said her fighting victory over Liudmila Samsonova in Montreal flicked a switch that lit the spark.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Sporting took the lead early thanks to Joveljic’s 15th goal of the 2025 season, a header flicked in at the near post.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Iran, whose nuclear-weapons program the United States bombed in June, has the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Residents in Gaza City told CNN of horrifying nights as Israel bombed the city from above and ground forces pushed into the outskirts of the city.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Valverde turned 27 in July and is now in his eighth season with Madrid’s first team since joining from Penarol in his Uruguayan homeland for €5million as an 18-year-old in summer 2016.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Valdez turned his back to the plate and paused as Salazar and Volpe stared at him.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025

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