The Baiga priest, when his services are required for the exorcism of a disease ghost, thrashes himself on the back and loins with his chain, until he works himself up to the proper degree of religious ecstasy.
To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man whothrashes well.
One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine.
Go burn that Whip, That thrashes not the Doggie, That bites not the Johnnie, Who chases not the Nanny, that eats the grapes, Down in the garden.
Because, you see, when the rooster is down on a hen, he thrashes her till she dies--and that makes the others feel bad.
The devil tries to tempt Polichinelle, who thrashes the devil.
A peasant passes by andthrashes the poor dog, who dies.
Nille thrashes him again and drags him in by the hair.
Nille runs to the house after Master Erik, returns and thrashes him on the gallows.
When a porcupine sees an animal coming he holds his body close to the ground, makes his quills stand up all over him, and thrashes around with his tail, which is pretty well covered with quills too.
Ahead, the dark bulk of our column leader sways and thrashesthrough the spiteful easterly sea, throwing the wash broad out and taking the spray high over bow and funnel.
Weighed down forward, we throw our stern high, and the mad propeller thrashes in air, jarring every bolt and rivet in her.
Because there is a big hulking fellow who has gone half out of his wits for her; and when he fancies he sees any other chap too sweet on her he thrashes him into a jelly.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thrashes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
