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
As a parent, it was important to April that she did things differently than her own father, and although spanking was commonplace in the 1990s, April never laid a hand on Hunter.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024
The spanking the 49ers took could do that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
Parimutuel racing was spanking new in California and many other places, so there were few established racing writers.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
