flagellate

Example Sentences

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But she also didn’t flagellate herself for the struggle.

From Washington Post

"This feeding mode is unique, and demonstrates how pico-sized flagellates can feed on larger cells, which is often not considered in the modelling of microbial food webs."

From Salon

What the party shouldn’t do, though, is waste time flagellating its leadership for failing to find the magic message that would have saved the country from a Trumpian takeover.

From Washington Post

In some poems below, the word works both with the faux meaning and the real one, like “flagellate” to hit with a flag.

From Washington Post

With loud dirges pounding from loudspeakers, hundreds of men and boys march or form circles where they flagellate their backs with knives and chains.

From Washington Post