tarred and feathered
Example Sentences
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"The weekend press tarred and feathered sterling with assertions of its emerging-market status," he said.
From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2022
“It would never even come out today; I'd be tarred and feathered and run out on a rail if they ever showed it!”
From Fox News • Sep. 12, 2020
Sullivan told The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner that many students strongly support him but “feel as though they cannot say anything publicly because they will be tarred and feathered as ‘rape sympathizers.’
From The New Yorker • Mar. 14, 2019
“Those who tarred and feathered Urban Meyer are going to be feasting on some serious crow.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2018
“Eight months! Thqr vanish to Boston for eight months and then show up with no warning and wanting tea. Tea! I could get tarred and feathered for brewing tea,” she muttered.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
