spanking

Example Sentences

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“When we’re launching a new movie like this, any time it’s brand spanking new, it takes a little more work to get retailers excited,” Lee said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 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

She delivered sharp, spanking speeches to Iran, Russia and China at the United Nations for grown-ups?

From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2023

The big field was full of wary ewes and spanking new lambs.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell