ferule

Example Sentences

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A kind of miracle happened: the ferule of the teacher became the poet's magic wand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yen picked up his ferule and hit it like a student.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

People said the steel ferule of the umbrella had attracted the electric current.

From My Little Sister by Robins, Elizabeth

“There, there, there!” said the vicar, impatiently, as he placed the obnoxious ferule upon the floor, and pressed it down there with both hands.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville

She even exaggerated, pinched her lips, like a school-girl applying herself to her book for fear of the ferule.

From The Bill-Toppers by Castaigne, J. André