spank

Example Sentences

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Liverpool are not just in the top half, they are a top team and they are in top spot - and they are going to spank them.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

Putin responded that “it’s better not to spank children and not to cite traditions,” but agreed that “unceremonious interference with the family is unacceptable,” and promised to review the law.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2021

La Russa pledged “there will be a consequence he has to endure here within our family” and joked he wouldn’t spank him because he’s “too big and strong.”

From Slate • May 19, 2021

That’s the thing with the pros; they’d spank us at crazy golf as well.

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2019

We might therefore assume that parents who spank are unenlightened in other ways.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt