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

Resets are also useful if you’ve just bought a spanking new system, loaded all your data onto it, and now want to sell / trade in / give away / discard your old system.

From The Verge • Apr. 21, 2022

I spend hours dreaming of having a kitchen with a spanking new, stainless steel, French-door version.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2021

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

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell