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 spanking the 49ers took could do that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
She debunks myths about spanking, including the idea that physical discipline of children has roots in Africa.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2023
She delivered sharp, spanking speeches to Iran, Russia and China at the United Nations for grown-ups?
From Washington Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
“Don’t you want to see the world?” she’d say, rolling out the dough for pierogi and then spanking it with her palm.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
