Lashed

Examples

• The drops which lashed her face were not scorpions, but prosy rain; Egdon in the mass was no monster whatever, but impersonal open ground. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was a wet night; the rain lashed the panes, and the wind sounded angry and restless. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• His arrow heads were of flint, beautifully made, and he lashed them tightly to their shafts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The snow was over, and a tingling wind had sprung up, that lashed his face as he stood gazing. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Alongside this on the top of the saddle the automatic rifle Sordo had served was lashed arrogantly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• This was tied across the saddle and at each end it was lashed to the stirrup leathers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• No longer the tail lashed--quiet and straight behind her it lay. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• We lashed his ankles with cord, and rose breathless from the struggle. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The few words I had said seemed to have lashed her on the instant into a frenzy of rage. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Well, it is what I call no water, she said, blushing, and lifting her long-lashed eyelids as if to lift them were a work requiring consideration. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• They were lashed face down over the saddles, their arms hanging. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He lashed himself into an agony of fierce jealousy. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The dead were wrapped in tarpaulins and lashed on deck to be identified by their comrades before being consigned to the deep. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The instant that we heard it, Holmes sprang from the bed, struck a match, and lashed furiously with his cane at the bell-pull. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• After they had started, the tents and cooking utensils had to be made into packages, so that they could be lashed to the backs of the mules. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The driver wanted no directions, but lashed his horse into full speed, without the delay of an instant. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Robert Jordan had asked as they lashed the packs. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The rabbit made itself into a ball in the air, and lashed out, flinging itself into a bow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And, with the word, both jumped in, and Phineas lashed the horses to a run, the horseman keeping close beside them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Warm from illuminations, and music, and thronging thousands, thoroughly lashed up by a new scourge, I defied spectra. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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