caning

Example Sentences

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“Miracle on 34th Street” probably was the first movie to give the commercialism of the holidays a stiff caning as we watch mega-department stores Gimbel’s and Macy’s try to outdo each other in Christmas sales.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

"We were caning it," bassist Peter Hook announces jocularly as he recalls the frenzied recording session for the England team's official World Cup anthem.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2020

If Sietsema gave a brutal caning to a new spot you’d probably look askance if you found out that he owned a place across the street.

From Fox News • Dec. 31, 2018

“The Shariah way of caning is not brutal and oppressive as claimed by certain quarters,” said Musa Awang, president of the Syariah Lawyers Association of Malaysia.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2018

The next one had on it: Why has south eastern Alaska so many caning factories?

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger