spanking

Example Sentences

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Sharon Schmeling, one of the couple’s children, said her father told her the surgery went well and that her mother had a “brand spanking new knee.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

The 7-0 spanking in September - described as "rock-bottom" by a Shanghai-based newspaper – followed a year-long line of humiliating defeats which included losses to Oman, Uzbekistan and Hong Kong.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025

The spanking the 49ers took could do that.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

When you have the American flag behind you, anybody can give a sharp, spanking speech.

From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2023

It may be that honesty is more important to good parenting than spanking is to bad parenting. matters: The child’s parents are involved in the PTA. doesn't: The child frequently watches television.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt