spanking new
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
Several expensive, brand spanking new, concrete slabs to complete a walkway on the side of my house.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023
I spend hours dreaming of having a kitchen with a spanking new, stainless steel, French-door version.
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2021
It's a brand spanking new idea, which you don't see in Hollywood much any more.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2021
It comes out gruffer than I intend on account of my spanking new voice.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
