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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
thrash .
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Examples
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It shouldn't matter whether one side "thrashes" the other.
digg.com: Top News 2010
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A black soldier winds up the whip and brutally thrashes a shirtless Johnny in front of the entire camp.
Overlooked Movie Monday: Starship Troopers » Scene-Stealers 2010
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She thrashes her arms and kicks her feet on the bed like a toddler for good measure.
Study Break--A Sky Without Zeppelins Missing Scene--Happy Birthday Amyo67 amberfocus 2009
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She thrashes as I stand above her, repeating the word “no” as she shakes her whole body along with her head.
The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011
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Though the story's a little thin it comes off more as an extended, intermission-less vignette, it offers a compelling story of expectations and obligations, of claiming one's due, as it thrashes about with unforgivable misogyny and racism, skeevy voyeurism, and the tit-for-tat one-upmanship of a hillbilly feud.
James Scarborough: Tennessee Williams' Baby Doll at the Elephant Theatre Company in Hollywood James Scarborough 2012
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The faded grass is whipped by this wind and it thrashes to and fro as if activated by powerful jolts of underground electricity.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Five thrashes a bit, twisting his wires into the pillow and then Six throws K-complexes and is out.
Intersomnolence Wendy Wimmer 2011
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The quartet thrashes and pivots madly, silhouetted by amber-colored sconces.
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Five thrashes a bit, twisting his wires into the pillow and then Six throws K-complexes and is out.
Intersomnolence Wendy Wimmer 2011
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Though the story's a little thin it comes off more as an extended, intermission-less vignette, it offers a compelling story of expectations and obligations, of claiming one's due, as it thrashes about with unforgivable misogyny and racism, skeevy voyeurism, and the tit-for-tat one-upmanship of a hillbilly feud.
James Scarborough: Tennessee Williams' Baby Doll at the Elephant Theatre Company in Hollywood James Scarborough 2012
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