Flogging

//ˈflɒɡɪŋ//

"Flogging" in a Sentence (13 examples)

There is now less flogging in our great schools than formerly, but then less is learned there; so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other.

You're flogging a dead horse.

Twitter is where reporters are hanging out all day and flogging their stories.

Without an order from the commander, no one must dare to bring hay, matting, straw, or other such flammable items onto the ship, under penalty of a fine, officers subject to deduction of a month's salary, and enlisted men to be punished by flogging at the mast.

Sailors died of flogging or keelhauling.

Lately, my aunt has even been flogging her furniture off to bring some money in.

Have you ever considered trying flogging in our play?

I'd love to hear your thoughts on trying flogging during our scenes.

Impact play involves techniques like spanking, flogging, and caning.

What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet.

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However, brutal floggings, increased terms of katorga, starvation diets, permanent chaining to a wheelbarrow and other fearsome sanctions failed to staunch the flow.

Will you get out of the flogging bathroom? We're already running late.

Cripes, this floggin’ rain’d make you cry, wouldn’t it?

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