| 单词 | whack |
| 例句 | Pete herded him out to train every day and rode his bicycle behind him, whacking him with a stick. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Radar gave one loud bark of approval, whacked the wall three times with his tail, then bolted straight for the living room, sniffing everything he passed on the way. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z In the outskirts of the central Amazonian city of Manaus, a researcher let me whack at a big Brazil nut tree with a locally made replica of a traditional stone ax. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And as we went, she whacked me across the face several times, screaming, “What’s gotten into you, you black fool! Are you mad! What’s gotten into you!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Worse, pieces of timber were swirling around them; none of my power with water would help if I got whacked on the head by a beam. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a loud whack and Clyde dropped to his knees. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He stops whacking people, and shortly thereafter people stop ducking. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He trotted his broomstick around her, shouting "Traitor, traitor" and whacking her over the head with the melon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “He did whack me into a train car and scratched us some, but that’s it.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Sigurd had dismounted and was using his sword to whack away the objects that the domovoi threw at him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I spun out of his grip and whacked his hand away. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When he wiggled to ease his discomfort, the teacher whacked him with a blackboard pointer. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I saw Mr. Alums walking back and forth whacking a yardstick in his hand. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Muhammad stands still in a yoga tree pose while getting whacked. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “That—that hacking, whacking noise—there—hear it? I heard it from down in the cellar. There—hear that?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I got several murals up, but most of them have been tagged by other people, which is whack. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes the ties looked whack but they still had them on. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Bran was standing over him with upraised wooden sword, ready to whack him again once he regained his feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If you need a compass to navigate a sentence, take another whack at the writing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a stroboscopic flash and a bang, and a lightning bolt whacked an olive tree. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stay back, Mayor, he’s all whacked out on something.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He reared back for another knee, the finisher, but suddenly I saw someone whack my attacker with what I later learned was the leg of a chair. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z If Mom had been there, she would have whacked him on the head with a plastic tray. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Miss Lumley stalks the aisles, whacking their knuckles with a ruler. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He huffed to himself, paced around, and then whacked the door a few times. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z From behind, Tane whacked him with a life preserver and the man fell, unconscious. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Hiroshi acts like he’s whacking his cousin on the head, and everyone laughs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z When he tried to push her away, she jumped on his back and—whack! —kicked him even harder. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “You’re a rabbit”—whack!—“and you go around killing talking carrots”—whack!—“that commit crimes.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Then suddenly she felt a little dizzy, like somebody had just whacked her on the side of the head: nervousness hitting her with a thud. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He whacked Mark on the side of the head— the closest thing to affection the soldier ever showed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The way I remember it, we were just goofing together, and all of a sudden, he whacks me in the mouth for no reason! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Papa whacked him again and it was all over. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When August catches up, he whacks her again, this time hard enough that she raises her trunk, bellows, and scampers sideways. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Moses whacked him on the side of his head. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I’d been in trouble at school before, but most of the time, that just meant a whack on the bottom from one of the nuns. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She gave Ulysses another whack disguised as a pat. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z August disappears entirely for three days, and Uncle Al begins whacking heads again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And he kept swallowing, trying to gag down a whack of big sloppy emotions. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I wondered whether she might actually grab a stick and whack Nelson behind the head, as she’d done to the snake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Richard is on his feet; he whacks me in the side of the head. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I whacked her mummified face against the trapdoor frame and dust flew. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Glass breaking, the sizzle of flames, the whack of a nightstick. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I accidentally whack my elbow against the doorframe, and, for good luck, whack the other. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Shiloh wiggles a few inches closer to her on his belly, rests his nose against her thigh, tail going whick, whack, whick, whack. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z With hard, frightening whacks he cut the cane into popsicle lengths before replacing the machete beside his father’s hammock. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave me a harmless whack on the bum, but for some reason I overbalanced and fell forward. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Dana lunged across the seat and whacked Roy on the side of the head. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then one of the branches that Ernie brushed aside snapped back and came flying at Genie, whacking him in the eye. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “No, no! The lord of the great horns pursues wise, miserable Gurgi with leaping and galloping. Gurgi fears terrible smackings and whackings. He follows kindly and mighty protectors. Faithful Gurgi will not leave them, never!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Do you mean that I must get whacked over the head by cops to prove that I’m sincere?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He carries a long stick, a pointer, and if you don’t pay attention or give a stupid answer he gives you three slaps on each hand or whacks you across the backs of your legs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He’s stopped asking about a cat, and there was all that extra light-saber whacking this morning. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z A few days after Phoebe and I had seen Mr. Birkway and Mrs. Cadaver whacking away at the rhododendron, I walked home with Phoebe after school. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “The president is the one who takes attendance,” Darren said, stepping up next to play tetherball after Candace whacked Sage out. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “You make it sound so easy,” she said, catching an apricot-colored leaf in midair as Tony whacked the mottled white trunk of a birch tree. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She scratched his neck, and Radar’s tail whacked away at the wall like a jackhammer, and that just made her laugh even harder, and then Alex knew everything was going to be all right. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z That was Gum Baby whacking me upside the head as she climbed onto my shoulder with a yawn. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Matt has hardly finished speaking when Lydia whacks him on the head. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Go on,” Father said, and he whacked Red Rabbit even harder. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten whacks, and not a sound escaped his lips. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z He played his pipes frantically, and his music sent another power line pole whacking against Talos’s thigh. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He whacked harder, but the head would not come off. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The warders in the guards’ station whack the side of their wireless and tilt it this way and that, but only static comes out of its speaker. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I let him try to get in one last whack, but as his hand moves toward me, I grab it by the wrist. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then she whacked him across the face and his nose made a crack like a branch breaking. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They seemed to be everywhere at once—whacking Romans on the head, stealing their weapons, cutting their belts so their pants fell around their ankles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In the main hall, the king said, "Twenty whacks!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “Look, suppose a cop whacks me over the head and I suffer a brain concussion. Suppose I’m nuts after that? Can I write then? What will I have proven?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I killed a snake this morning, just whacked it into pieces with my machete and flung all three of them up in the trees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will quit whacking you on the head when you put your hands in your lap, where they’re supposed to be.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Inside there was an explosion of laughter, hysterical, tension-breaking laughter that left my brothers choking and whacking each other across the shoulders. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “The anti-Poseidon you whacked in the head with a Terminus statue. Yes, I think I remember.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As the watchman approached the ice-cream truck, he whacked one of the fenders with what sounded like a lead pipe. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She sneaked up behind them and whacked them on the backs of their knees with a metal pipe. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She whacked the carriage return on the typewriter without looking up. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “Well, I wouldn’t just start whacking at it or we might be dead before noon. We need to be careful. Delicate, precise hits on the clasps.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I was all right at tetherball, even if I did flinch once when I thought the ball was going to whack me in the head, and Candace Sims laughed at me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z But one of them is slightly out of whack. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z They couldn’t see anything, just the gamefeed, so when Violet walked in, Marty almost whacked her in the stomach with his fist. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "You've heard it? Now, there's more to chopping someone's head off than giving them a healthy whack. A real master aims for the gap between the second and third cervical vertebrae. That's the sweet spot." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He’d screamed, whacked his father with his Smelting stick, been sick on purpose, kicked his mother, and thrown his tortoise through the greenhouse roof, and he still didn’t have his room back. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z My mother whacked me across my mouth with the flat palm of her hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow knew that the phone companies whacked a three-dollar surcharge on every call made from a prison phone. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Here we are, two guys from far places, whacking at a tree we hold nothing against, for a hard lady who cares for nobody but her own face-stretched self, about to plunge to our deaths. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She whacked her tail on the dirt, hard as could be. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Miyax dug to the frost line, then whacked at the ice until, many hours later, she had chopped three feet into it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his ear to the side of the trailer and whacked the sheetmetal with the flat of his hand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z My mom, sitting near Hector on the bed, dodges to the left to avoid being whacked by her strobe light phone. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z So Houston got understandably nervous when we got whacked with 175 kph winds. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But I’d roll it up tight as I could get it and whack at the house flies. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z X-Ray always said that he’d sleep until noon every day once he was released, but his internal clock was permanently out of whack. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Vonetta wanted me to get a taste so bad, she whacked herself with the twiggy candidates to get the one with the nastiest sting. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The iceman whacked his spiky tongs into a block of ice and hoisted it out of his truck. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Both Benny Maestas and Jimmy Ortega were whacked with crude clubs, and Benny’s nose was broken; Jimmy sustained a huge bruise on his arm trying to ward off the blows. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My tie is out of whack and my shirttails are hanging out. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Mark’s breath was knocked out of him as his attacker tried to pin him down.Then the man was whacked in the shoulder by Alec’s sledgehammer and was sent flying. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z And if you didn’t listen to her, she would make you bend over and whack you with a yardstick ten times. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your priorities are way out of whack, Miss Morrow.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He whacks a few upside the head and dismisses them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She whacked the back of his head with the top of the staff, and he teetered, but regained his footing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Before it was over, Park kicked one of the counterprotesters squarely in the head—a blow that sounded like a bat whacking a baseball. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It was like there was this grinning, twisted little demon following me around, and whenever I started to feel good, it would go, “Ah-hah! You’re forgetting!” and it would whack me with a two-by-four. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z We learn to sit up straight, eyes front, faces blank, both feet on the floor, listening to the whack of rubber on cringing flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Jermaine finally whacked Daddy’s chest and that made Daddy feel better, so he let him slide down off the fridge. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z In Nigerian Pidgin English, he wrote, whack meant eat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was as if he whacked a wasps’ nest with a stick. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then it was gone and Bigwig’s fur was blowing in the whack of wind that followed it down the hedges. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Ken blinked his eyes like someone coming to after a whack on the head. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Jasmin and the other children have already taken turns whacking her pinata. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z One girl sat on Louie while the rest gave him sixteen whacks on the rear, plus one to grow on. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Miss Lumley stalks the aisles, whacking their knuckles with a ruler. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m out, too. If you softhearted cupcakes are going to stroll through Venice without even whacking those furry animals on the head, forget it. I don’t like boring expeditions.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z What if the Hodges guys came swinging into a classroom, whacking people with their sticks the way they did on the ice, and no one in the class was wearing gear? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As much as he couldn’t wait to be done with this whack, he couldn’t walk away. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Ma scowls, grabs her cane, and whacks the bag. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I drew back my green cedar club and whacked him so hard across the jawbone that I nearly dropped him in his tracks. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Al is breathless and purple, waving his cane and whacking people if they’re not moving fast enough for his liking. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I’m whacking the chisel with such force now my whole body’s vibrating, the whole world is. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Just as bad was the chance another player could cop a whack from one of my artificial legs. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Moments later, the whacking on the balcony starts up again. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Through soggy patches, over rocks and across a stream, sliding down banks and whacking through brush. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He only had to whack the ball once and it spun spun spun around the pole until it got so high Lizzy couldn’t reach it even when she jumped up on her tippy-toes. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Adina swirled the hair dryer on its cord and let it fly, whacking him in the head and knocking him out. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Whenever she had a free hour she stole away to work at the drills Syrio had taught her, moving barefoot over the fallen leaves, slashing at branches and whacking down leaves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As much as he couldn’t wait to be done with this whack, he couldn’t walk away. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He whacked me on my knees, my thighs, my calves, where it would leave no marks. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I took another step, and she gave what was supposed to be a fierce growl, like a crabby kitten, then whacked her tail again. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “He’s finally whacked for good,” Minho said, almost in a whisper. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Yolanda giggles and I want to kick her, but instead I just whack my project harder, making the metal bounce. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z With his hat, he whacked Red Rabbits rump real good. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He then brought his billy club down on her head with a whack that was heard throughout the crowd gathered in the street.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Her heavy shopping bag whacked me in the back, probably leaving a bruise. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Bob whacked one over the head and speared another, blasting them to dust. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Police!” a voice bellowed, followed by the unmistakable whack of a club striking flesh. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Taking advantage of their brief moment of strife, Mr. Griswold swung his walking stick and whacked Barry on the cheek, then pushed past him toward the entrance to the lower level. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Well, there was the time I whacked my head on the pump handle of our well. Doc Cafferty shaved part of my scalp so he could put in stitches.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “One or two more whacks and I think this baby will bust open. We need to be ready. Find any weapons?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Schools at the time still punished students by whacking their hands or bottoms with straps or a long, thin piece of wood called a cane. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z His habit was to his captives into his grimly castle, where he took off all their clothes and whacked them to his heart’s content, as a hobby. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If he caught you throwing candy wrappers on the sidewalk, he would give you a whack with his open hand on the bottom hard enough to lift you off the ground. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Brandon sprang from his seat, but before he could even make a move I had picked up my plastic tray and whacked him upside the head. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She whacked his arm, hard as she could, in the elbow, so that he shrieked and convulsed. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They stood toe to toe in the center of the ring, whacking, slugging, thumping back and forth, flinging sweat, elbows, fists, knees, jab the middle one, hook the middle one. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach Hedge clambered around the turtle’s shell, whacking at it uselessly with his baseball bat and yelling, “Take that! And that!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Bursting through the door, the bodyguard upended Matt and gave him a whack on the back. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She's a good dancer, too, but her braids keep whipping around and whacking me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She hears a whack, then startled by the cries of her girlfriends, she looks up and sees a glowing moon coming down into her upraised hands. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She laughed, sauntered over to the serving line, picked up a ball, gazed at it, tossed it in the air, and whacked it with a flat thud smack in the center of the racket. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Her head whacked against the black stone, and he bit down on his yell, forcing himself to remain on the sidelines, forcing himself to watch as Cain broke her apart, piece by piece. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I hadn’t been taking my meds, because as I said they just make me feel a little whack sometimes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Iggy reaches out and he flicks his fingers at Freak's nose, whack. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Bran was standing over him with upraised wooden sword, ready to whack him again once he regained his feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Although she still calls me hurtful names and whacks me for one thing or an- other every day, she usually doesn’t leave bruises or draw blood. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The screen door slammed shut so hard it whacked him in the butt and sent him flying up the staircase as if hed been shot from a cannon. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I smacked and whacked the hornets that had taken a ride on me and just laid there until I could catch my breath. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z She’d kicked at his shin, not his artificial but his real one, and he’d playfully whacked the back of her head. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The young men scattered and ran for cover, occasionally darting from their protective barricades to give the ball another fleeting whack. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Swinging his spear wildly, he jumped on top of the creature’s bulbous body, whacking two metal arms away from him with a loud crack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z At Dudley’s filth birthday party, Aunt Marge had whacked Harry around the shins with her walking stick to stop him from beating Dudley at musical statues. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z After I heard the initial whack, I wished I’d been first in line. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z At lessons, the knives remained Celaena’s favorite, but the wooden staff became dear; naturally, it had to do with the fact that she could freely whack him and not chop off an arm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He went careening by, and Anya heard a dull whack as the serpent struck the side of the newcomer’s boot. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Those were whacking good stories, if I do say so myself. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Stop! Stop!” we cried as we whacked at them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The men might as well have waited by the box and whacked them with a bat as they came out. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She meets my gaze and whacks the blanket a few times with her stump. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And the kids gang up together, and with the biggest pieces of wood they can find they all whack those sharks on the head until they stop circling. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “I’m gonna go get my medication so I can sit through this afternoon with my head completely whacked.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He whacks her and steps out of reach. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I do the stepping, my brother does the whacking, the sticking. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A good whack on the offender’s nose with a hatchet sent it vanishing post-haste into the deep. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Taking advantage of their brief moment of strife, Mr. Griswold swung his walking stick and whacked Barry on the cheek, then pushed past him toward the entrance to the lower level. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He’s smiling at the concrete like a total whack job, but I’m the only one who knows, due to my stellar vantage point. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “What? You better not call me old because I’ll take this cane and whack you in the head right in front of everybody.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “If that thing ever comes near me again”—he made a chopping motion—“I’ll whack it.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He marched over to the sealed door and started whacking at it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z If they found food in a student’s pocket, they would sometimes deliver a couple of desultory whacks with a stick. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He had the Stoll brothers on his back, and it looked as if both of them had taken some nasty whacks to the head. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Marigold was typically the type of girl who refrained from whacking surly old men in the shins as hard as she could. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z With her underground senses out of whack, she couldn’t be sure. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She whacked me in the back of the head again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He whacked me on the back and I held both his arms. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Nelson shows her how to stand, close one eye, and whack her arrow trembling into the heart of a leaf. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We learn to sit up straight, eyes front, faces blank, both feet on the floor, listening to the whack of rubber on cringing flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And then I picked up the pillow, and I whacked him with it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Everyone filed out of the classroom except him and Ron, who was whacking his wand furiously on the desk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “And my mother is like so heavy her whole life is going whack,” Kicky said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Diego looked back after we rounded the corner, and when he saw we were out of Principal Cody’s line of vision he whacked me on the back of my head one last time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Mary Lou whacked open a coconut and shared it with Adina while she listened to that tale of the previous night, of the exploits brought about by the mischievous moon. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Or maybe he’s standing in a bathtub, his tail whacking the tiled walls behind him, his fur lathered in fragrant bubbles. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I’m helping her, not after she whacked me on the head, but I don’t know what to do about anything. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z BAM! whacked the cap, over and over again until it was flat. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Misha put his hands up while his mother continued to berate him and whack him with the back of her hand. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It falls from my hand and whacks the floor. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your girl Char is whacked. You better stay clear of her before she ends up taking you down with her.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Bones snapped at him, and one of the high school sodality girls whose job it was to keep us in line whacked him on the head. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After many whackings and mumblings, he circles round me, clicking the still-hungry scissors in the air, pulling, poking, checking his work. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew babies sometimes needed a little whack to get them breathing, but I didn’t think I could bring myself to thump this precious little life. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They would’ve wrecked us completely if Tyson hadn’t whacked them aside with a quick swipe of his pole. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I heard Mama whacking Jumper with a stick to make him go. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “A boat,” I said, “unless I’m so whacked out that I’m imagining things. I swear it’s coming this way.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z We were all shaken up from the run-in with Mikayla, but Dari was seriously out of whack if he was apologizing for being hit on the head. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She smacked him, and accidentally whacked the top of his butt. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z My mom walked into the room at that exact moment and whacked me in the back of the head with a wooden spoon. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When Byron’s fourth Swedish Creme left his hand I knew that if the bird didn’t move he was going to get whacked. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe if I had gone to each of their houses, whacking random family members with a nail-studded two-by-four, they would have begun to have some basic comprehension. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked in the mirror and it looked whack. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z His gallop was so disorganized that he had a maddening tendency to whack himself in the front ankle with his own hind hoof. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Swinging his spear wildly, he jumped on top of the creatures bulbous body, whacking two metal arms away from him with a loud crack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z A gust of air rushed up from the vertical tunnel and whacked them in their noses. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Only as we were whacking the mud off our boots by the huts where the sports gear's kept did Mr. McNamara remember the three boys he'd sent to the bridge over forty minutes ago. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry. You’ll be all whacked for a few days, but then you’ll get used to this place. I have. We live here, this is it. Better than living in a pile of klunk.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z David got to the teacher first and she gave him a whack on the bottom. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “It’s a video game,” he said, and he whacked the ball. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z She whacked it with her stick and grabbed it by its ears, and Yoren stewed it with some mushrooms and wild onions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Or whack out the local pets with my trusty slingshot or whatever—except I never had a slingshot, it was Grim who had one when he was my age. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it takes a change of scenery or a good whack in the head to help you recognize the lessons you’ve learned.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Dude, he threatened to break my neck and kill Thomas! The guy is mentally whacked, and you better send someone right now to throw him in the Slammer. He’s dangerous.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He smiles, then whacks the box with the back of his hand so that it falls over and its contents spill onto the floor. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z And when the food comes, me and King always throw the fortune cookies at each other and try to whack them to pieces with the chopsticks. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She whacked the back of her own head. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She got the first and biggest share of everything—the first whack at the new clothes and the biggest part of any special treat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Great. This story was all promising with the beautiful girl who has a crush on me and the mystery and the intrigue, and then I get whacked.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I thought of doing to him what I did to Chris when he asked that question, but my hither might’ve flinched and thrown all his broken bones out of whack even more. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Defiantly biting back every yelp and cry, the whipping boy received the twenty whacks. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Not to mention whacking them over the head with a club in the first place. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When she’s really in for it she has to wait until her father comes home and whacks her with his belt, right on the bare bum. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My pulse whacked a furious beat in my wrists and ears, I could almost feel my body bouncing as I sat there with my back against the tree. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She whacked him hard across the head, knocking him to the ground. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z After trudging half a mile through hot fields, getting bitten by mosquitoes and whacked in the face with scratchy sunflowers, they finally reached the road. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The superintendent whacked each of them on the head with a stick. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z One time, he was at school for a rounders match and he whacked the ball clean over the hedge and into the glebe. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I whacked him between the ears with a dead stick. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried hitting one backhand; the stroke was horrible; I returned to only whacking my forehand, my best stroke. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I whack my head into a copper foot bar on the stool. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z All he got was one little whack at the back of my head that didn’t even hurt. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper said, hoping to distract the god before he whacked Percy on the head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes kids could negotiate their punishment: The discipline director would say, “I’ll give you ten whacks,” and the kids would lobby for five whacks on a hand, five on the rear. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z So maybe he wasn't really all that fierce in day care, except I'm pretty sure he did hit a kid with his crutch once, whacked the little brat pretty good. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I bounced off the walls and my scythe whacked some pictures sideways. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After a few more thumps and whacks, Rosie catches sight of the elephant car at the front of the train. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He’s working on something else: a growth hormone that will throw their systems out of whack and make them pupate before they’re supposed to. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I remember when he brought it home, and he whacked it on the front door’s knob, and that’s how that scratch got there.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "Not really. He's the kind of upper-caste snob who'd rather die than touch a low-caste person. But still, I wouldn't do something like that again, because he wouldn't mind whacking you with a stick." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The explosion whacked him in the face like a fist, but up on the ridge nothing happened. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To make some noise, Link started to move his seat up and back to whack Marty’s knees. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like a pinball machine, and I’m the little silver ball that everyone is whacking and slapping around. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He steadied a log upright on a tree stump, and with an ax that looked bigger than he was, he gave it a whack and chopped it in half. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The quintain spun, the padded mace flying around to give the prince a mighty whack in the back of his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She whacked her sister Anger on the back. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Dallas watched as the clod landed on Mr. Trepid’s back and as the man scuttled over to Florida and whacked her on the head. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z There was a loud whack and Clyde dropped to his knees. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then I heard scraping sounds, slamming, pushing and shouts and then whack! whack! whack! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z "Because all of them have had massive overdoses, just like you. It's thrown the alarm-clock right out of whack!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Woolf angled Seabiscuit out to go around Today and gave him a whack with his whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I was slow to respond, and he whacked my stick sharply. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z This is what I was thinking when Mr. Inkberrow whacked my desk with his meter rule. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Benson, the master, has me by the ear and he’s whacking me across the legs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When we find number twelve, Mr. Allen makes a left and we drive on a dirt road so narrow, branches whack the car. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya paused for a moment, then whacked the dirt bars of the cage away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Sir Grummore favoured him with another whack and said, “If you don’t say Pax, I shall cut your head off.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to get up a second time and Henry slapped him across the face with his open hand with a whack that was louder than the gunshots. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She had a perforated bowel that was slowly leaking bile into her abdomen and it threw her organs out of whack. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He wobbles around, turns, and Miss Celia whacks the other side of his face too. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They were both furious, and to make them more furious yet I stuck the butt of my rifle out and whacked one of their feet, hard! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Exactly,” he said, and he whacked me back. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Before I got there I could hear them: a whacking sound followed by cheers...and again whack! then cheers. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “You whacked your head really hard,” she said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He whacked at the bone with the knife. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Back of my head whacks into something hollow. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Boys Thomas didn’t know ran alongside him, whacking at Griever instruments with their makeshift weapons, jumping on them, attacking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She lunged for that, but whacked the pinata. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I suddenly want to take the stick horses and march into the living room and whack my father over the head with them. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Dad brought Littlebit’s limp body home that night and, while I wailed, turned me over his knee and gave me three good whacks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I tried to whack the ball down his throat. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The curly-haired mechanic whacked the engine a few more times. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Next thing he picks up his crutch and he climbs in the wagon and he stands up and he's whacking at the tree again. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z TJ can barely get the last word out before Pop Pop is whacking him upside the head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And that time he whacked the tetherball good and hard. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z If there’s a fish, we’ll do our best to net it, step on it to hold it down, whack it over the head, stick a knife in back of its eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The chicken’s body struggles and twists, refusing to die, until Kim whacks it again, this time smashing its head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the sky was getting its regular afternoon storm organized: wind whacking the palm leaves together, red dust ghosts flying up from the road, little kids running like bansheets for cover. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After he said that, I felt like I got whacked in the chest with a rock. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Bones volunteered as he went by, and she whacked him again. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, see how they’re attached to my arms. Quit whacking me on the head.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He lets out a laugh, and I automatically duck, thinking that mischievous glint in his eyes means he’s going to whack me upside the head. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z When he came to where he was supposed to use that finger, he’d give the guitar a thumping whack to do for the time when the note should be played. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As she climbed the stairs ahead of me, I whacked her from behind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I figure she probably likes whacking people with that net-on-a-stick thing. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The beaver exploded in the water, slapping its tail with a loud whack before disappearing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z One thug whacked Shorty across the shoulders with a baseball bat, and, as the foreman tried to spin around, another man kicked him in the balls and he sat down, half-blacking out, half-vomiting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She grinned at Jethro and whacked him briskly on the seat as he came up to the kitchen well. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z And with an earsplitting smack, they whack the ball straight into my goal. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Mostly, the Taliban confiscated stuff, gave a kick to someone’s rear, whacked the back of a head or two. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “This idea of yours is so whacked,” she said, “it just might work.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I know a guy from back home who got through this academy and he’s as dumb as this post,” said one of the Antonellis, whacking the pillar of his bunk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I whack the ball so hard it flies up over the boundary, and I score six runs with just that one shot. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z As she got close, I thought I was going to cop a whack on the bum, but when she reached me Sister Marie Patrice just grabbed my arms and tried to pull me out. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Around midnight they had arrived at the mule barn, finding a rusty padlock on the back door, knocked loose with a whack from a hammer out of Roy Lee’s car. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And then the kid whacked him across the face. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Malik insists that Jar Jar Binks should be a verb, adjective, and an adverb to describe whack stuff because Jar Jar Binks is the worst character in the Star Wars universe. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We searched for him for a few blocks, Brian whacking at the bushes with his hatchet, but we couldn’t find him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, well, that’s better than a whack on the nose with a rusty poker,” said Mrs. Cole with a slight hiccup. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Not even that time Oz whacked him in the eye with a stick.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Florida whacked at the well with her branch. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z When I stumble out of my bedroom, still in my nightclothes, a whacking sound alerts me that Mama is on a cleaning tear. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And before Artemis’s eyes had time to widen, Holly put an extra few pounds of spring in her elbow and whacked her abductor right on the nose. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z When he was angry he would wield it like the flat of a sword, whacking out at his kids or his wife or his hallucinations. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z But Grace had been pretty whacked out and the all-encompassing grief of loss. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The boss hostler is furious, whacking the beleaguered men of the Flying Squadron with flagrant abandon. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She whacked it fiercely and it crackled and collapsed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She understood with a dread that was like a blinding whack to the side of her head that what she was witnessing was nothing less than a courtship. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z "I figured I could hit it with my tail," he said, and he gave it a whack for good measure. Animal passions: David Sedaris's modern fables 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z Like El Niño gathering force in distant climes before whacking the U.S., the first summer blockbuster is already a monster hit in the rest of the world. An Early Summer Heat Wave: The Avengers Sizzles Abroad 2012-04-29T19:50:49Z Then the media gave her 40 whacks, for her family values, her love of God, her slippery grasp of facts; and, just like that, the ticket was doomed by the elitist, socialist punditocracy. The Undefeated: Her Holiness Sarah Palin 2011-07-15T08:55:00Z When I was twenty-four, I was crossing the street near the South Street Seaport and the side-view mirror of a moving bus whacked me across the face. Meryl Streep’s Twenties, and My Own 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z I suspected a bad connection—if I opened the hood and took off my shoe and whacked the engine, sometimes it started. Saturday Mornings with Click and Clack 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z He is ready to shoot Hector, worried that his boss is about to whack his man-of-principles father. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3 Finale Recap: Adios 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z "I took another whack at it and hit it in the face. Then the mountain lion released Sadie and ran the other way." Colorado man fights mountain lion to save dog from attack 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Some whack a few dollars off the regular ticket price. How to save money on tickets to arts events 2012-09-05T22:40:05Z Under intense surveillance, they are unwilling to try any more robberies, and the police are rumoured to be about to whack the Codys in the absence of evidence. Animal Kingdom ? review 2011-02-24T22:10:02Z Pitch Blue: The color of skin when whacked with a fastball. The Tile Invitational III: Words from ScrabbleGrams 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The performance continued in the lobby, where getting dessert meant whacking open a gigantic Andy Warhol piñata to grab up Little Debbie snack cakes. The Moment: Sometimes a Blank Canvas Is Not a Blank Canvas 2010-04-28T19:44:00Z “It’s a really intricate setup, and any stressor can whack the whole thing up.” Another routine the pandemic has disrupted: Your period 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z He’s in good health but admits drumming has left him with tingling in one hand from nerve damage and a shotgun punch in his left ear whenever he whacks a snare. Don Henley says the Eagles are done. It was always Glenn Frey’s band. 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton Improbable's Lifegame, a cross between This is Your Life and a madly inventive improv game, is all heart, but with a mighty whack of skill thrown in, too. Lifegame 2010-07-12T21:15:00Z I ask Tyler which song would be the absolute worst choice for me to whack out over the Reprezent airwaves. A day in the life of Peckham youth radio station Reprezent 2013-06-15T05:00:00Z Cuse The thing that still is really completely out of whack is pilot season. How to Make a TV Drama in the Twitter Age 2013-08-09T14:51:02Z Another show, “Black Widow,” a Dutch crime series, is like “The Sopranos,” if Tony got whacked in Episode 1 and Carmela took over the mob rackets. Walter Presents: A Chic TV Boutique With a Foreign Accent 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z Someone dressed in a dark shroud with a spray of foam swimming-pool noodles jutting from the top exhibited his or her liberty from hangups by painfully whacking the noodles into my and everybody’s face. T Magazine: The High Life 2011-03-25T17:30:04Z Rant A whack of my cane to you scofflaw, adrenaline-afflicted drivers who don't stop at crosswalks. Rant & Rave: 'No charge' cab ride earns a rave 2011-10-26T21:09:04Z He got whacked in hospital by heart failure at the age of 69, and not by the deadpan wiseguy he reportedly anticipated every day of his life, exacting revenge for his betrayal. Why wasn't Goodfellas' Henry Hill murdered by the mob? 2012-06-13T15:51:01Z Wallis, the movie says, got severely whacked by her first husband; Wally suffocates in her own loveless marriage to a physician. Madonna's W.E.: The Woman She Loves 2011-12-08T22:43:59Z When he gets whacked, he spins like the Tasmanian devil. Ballet Theater Performs ‘Bach Partita’ 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z “See what you get for all your whacking off?” An orgasm almost killed me! 2013-01-19T22:00:00Z And no one has mentioned Mr. Rundle of Reno, the supposed handler of Malvo who presumably was whacked when Malvo couldn’t get an answer about who tipped the Fargo guys to him. For the 'Fargo' Finale, Many Unanswered Questions 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The numbers of black, Latino and Indigenous people infected, deceased and unemployed are out of whack with their share of the population. The Videos That Rocked America. The Song That Knows Our Rage. 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z A whack on the head with a rock stunned it, a second killed it, and the salmon passed from shimmering life into the still-life pose of death. T Magazine: Fly Zone 2011-03-21T14:00:14Z I whacked him on the arm – “No!” — and then, a safe distance from our classmates, I explained with a smile: “My third eye opened.” A skeptic goes to yoga 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z In the grim universe of The Walking Dead, nobody should delude themselves that they’re not one bite or baseball bat whack from oblivion. Dead serious: what The Walking Dead needs to come back to life 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Cagney, Sinatra, the Mob life, the Ellis Island experience – all poisoned by association, nostalgia gets whacked. Goodfellas may have gone but the gangster films remain 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z But then the academic gets whacked on the Piccadilly line, and Ruth herself ends up hanging by the neck in the bathroom of a smart hotel room, twitching horribly as her life leaves her. TV review: The Hour 2011-07-19T21:10:01Z Some, like Ms. Peck, whack them against walls; others bend them back and forth;, still others crush them in doors. Lens Blog: At City Ballet, Footwear Is Almost as Important as Feet 2013-12-30T18:23:07Z Another guy, one of the men we roomed with, was like the Hasidic Bobby Baccalieri, and he kept telling us that every year somebody got “whacked.” | Gideon Lewis-Kraus 2012-03-13T18:15:57Z For the most part, instrumental breaks aren't where it's time to whack. The Paisley Underground: an oral history of Los Angeles's 1980s psychedelic explosion 2013-05-16T17:00:00Z Three thumps, three whacks and it’s “Street Fighting Man.” Perspective | Charlie Watts was a gentleman in the world’s most dangerous band 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z There would be 16 people in one room, and I'd get whacked in the teeth for talking back. Shameless creator Paul Abbott: 'People are desperate to be scared' 2012-10-05T15:00:00Z It was the sound, he realized, of Kafka whacking away at the frozen sea within with his famous little axe. A Writer’s Justification 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Forgoing her doubts, Debbie signs on — if only to get another few whacks at Ruth. Review | Netflix’s ‘GLOW’ fits right in with today’s feminist TV, but mostly it’s just ready to rumble 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Our heroes decide to go after nasty Bass not by whacking him but by driving him crazy. Crime fiction: Pretentious writers get their comeuppance 2014-02-05T23:37:04Z It is still, at nearly 1,000 pages, a whacking book. Patricia Highsmith Lived Extravagantly, and Took Copious Notes 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z I hate these tags you get whacked with. Adam McKay went from Ron Burgundy to Dick Cheney, and it actually makes perfect sense 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z On my first jump, I landed too early and whacked my thigh with the rope. We made a sport 2012-08-19T13:00:00Z I know a show is working when it throws my day completely out of whack, keeping me at the office very late, glued to my chair and determined to get through all the episodes. Review | It’s hard to stop watching ‘Seven Seconds’ — and that’s still the surest sign of a good TV show 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Many of the repetitions are exact, but a whack on a drum is sometimes slightly off the beat, or a dissonance is added, or there is a long silence. Henryk Górecki's quirky, final major musical statement 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z It is placing the health and well-being of children and families under the jurisdiction of their governor’s personal moral compass, which in this case is not only out of whack but hurtful. Perspective | Texas needs to leave trans children alone 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z You'll also want one heavier chef's knife or cleaver for whacking dense winter squash into pieces. 9 essential tools for cooking all the vegetables 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z In the year of #MeToo, garlanding The Post would be a twofer, simultaneously whacking Trump and waving a feminist banner. Why The Post should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Because I was bored stiff, I jumped and went straight into the ad lib of Singin’ in the Rain, and on the beats whacking her and kicking the writer. How we made A Clockwork Orange – by Malcolm McDowell 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The opening of the tubed slide was small, and I thought I should lie down to avoid whacking my head. Cobblestones? Check. Castles? Check. Budget? Check. Why Romania Is Worth the Trip. 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z In the Trump White House, you never know who will get whacked next, but you know somebody will. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z In countries with active adoptions, the ratio of stray dogs to available homes is out of whack. That rescue dog doesn’t need a home. He needs a flight companion to get there. 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “At one point he was bringing her back over toward me,” she said, “and I just whacked him and I was like, ‘When’s it my turn?’ One Love, Two Steps 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z In this case, this kind of prudence would be a shame—a voracious public intellectual should be taking a whack at electricity and primordial matter and anything else that isn’t tied down. What We're Reading: Summer Edition 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z They'd draw backgrounds, make up characters, invent puzzles and just sort of whack them all in next to each other until a stupidly complex and successful game came out the other end. PAX Australia: Ron Gilbert's advice for games makers 2013-07-20T00:54:46Z With a small hammer, he bent and whacked a stake through each of the four corners deep into the forest floor. Few minorities visit Sequoia National Forest or the Sawtooth Wilderness. This man wants to change that. 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z I read that The Informant!, in which you play supportive wife to Matt Damon’s whack job, is your favorite movie you’ve made. Scene Stealer Melanie Lynskey on Her First Leading Role and the Problem with Praise 2012-09-07T12:00:48Z And, if all this wasn’t enough, I seemed to whack my head every time I tried to get in a taxi. Emilia Clarke, of “Game of Thrones,” on Surviving Two Life-Threatening Aneurysms 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The only glitch: the whole whack will cost more like $5 billion over the next five year plan. Huevos de austeridad 2012-06-26T14:27:00Z Each potato opens with a juicy whack of the old arc-blade knife my father gave me, the carbon steel pitted with as many dents as its wooden handle. On this farm, there’s no Thanksgiving 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z But it’s rare at Hollywood awards ceremonies, possibly because movie stars holding statuettes don’t want to risk whacking themselves in the thorax. Hillary’s New Go-To Gesture: Hand to the Heart 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Young had attached a blood-storing crush pad to the back of a doll’s head, so that when the actor playing the murderer whacked the doll against a concrete bench . For the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s props director, one blood is not like another 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z In a more skilled storyteller’s hands, perhaps shifting the balance toward the girls wouldn’t have thrown the dynamic out of whack. What if Wendy and Lily Voted Peter Off the Island? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Standing betwixt a bass drum and a snare, Epworth whacks the heartbeat rhythm of Two for Joy, her voice soaring skywards. Mary Epworth – review 2013-04-04T17:08:03Z “Mobsters used the threat of ‘whacking’ potential cooperators to keep everyone in line,” Weissmann writes. A Prosecutor’s Backstage Tour of the Mueller Investigation 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Nordegren may not have whacked Mr. Woods with a 5 iron at all. Books of The Times: Golf Phenom, Not Tiger Woods. Sure. 2011-06-30T21:03:11Z Then I whack the top of the cleaver with the palm of my hand, cutting the stone and the rest of the avocado in two. How to Cut an Avocado Without Cutting Yourself 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z I wonder if that’s just because the election is getting close, or if things are just so whacked out that the temperature is coming up everywhere? The stars aligned for Seth Meyers: “That was more dumb luck than anything else” 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z A posse of Britain’s most interesting critics rallied in support of the novel in their reviews, taking turns whacking it up into the air as if they were the batsmen on a mighty cricket team. Books of The Times: ‘Quesadillas,’ by Juan Pablo Villalobos 2014-02-27T22:39:35Z James dons a blouse and skirt to play the titular housewife, who sits at a piano and whacks out the musical story of her unheralded life. What to see in summer 2010 2010-05-23T20:30:00Z Winter took a gangster story, largely from life, and had it do what you expect gangster stories to do, right down to ending with a whacking. REVIEW: Boardwalk Empire Watch: Golden Boy 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Something loud and wild was about to happen, it seemed — an expectation heightened when a dancer entered carrying a hammer and began whacking a pane of glass. Review: A Boogie That Stomps but Doesn’t Soar 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, Hurricane Irma, a Category 3 storm, whacked them in September. Christmas in Key West: Deck the halls with kitsch 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z That New Year’s Eve, after Ms. Joskow whacked a star-shaped piñata hanging from the stone pine tree in their backyard, out flew a black pouch with a ring in it. Roller-Skating Straight to His Heart, on Pink Wheels 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z That was when he got knocked over by the towering toad that whacked him with a rusty sword. The Book of Mormon’s foggy origins 2012-08-12T16:01:00Z Executives might want to duck, so it doesn’t whack them on the way. At Paris Fashion Week, Who’s Got the Power? 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Once you get used to violence it is easier to take a whack at someone. Parenting in the Age of Online Pornography 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z At one point they began clowning, whacking objects while singing the Anvil Chorus from “Il Trovatore.” From Heaps of Junk, a Melodious Clang 2010-10-04T21:33:00Z I’ve yet to hear anything approaching a compelling explanation as to why our political class should be whacking away at our already weak economy. Not all unemployment rates are created equal 2013-02-08T20:50:00Z She must have been whacked out of her gourd on that first one and for days afterwards. Don’t Call Her a Victim: After Surviving Opioids, Nan Goldin Goes After the Makers 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Many times, the unions successfully ‘whack’ the ‘mole,’ i.e., the reform legislation. Playing for Michelle Obama 2012-06-11T21:25:00Z Next libtard that talks to me about global warming is going to get whacked. First major storm of 2014 brings out the climate-denying crazies 2014-01-02T22:51:00Z His friends were in a frenzy as they watched him getting whacked. Style Invitational Week 1369: Shoot some oops — jokes about typos 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z I didn't even know whether my father was going to be whacked or if my mother and I were also now marked people. Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano: my dad, the mafia underboss 2013-02-15T21:00:06Z The whacking, tastefully obscured by a doorframe, takes us off guard in part because it presents Hoffa in the one light we’ve never seen him: vulnerability. The Irishman: the murder, the women, the ending – discuss with spoilers 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z The book has some of Martin Amis’s pith; only the introduction of high-stakes suspense near the end feels out of whack with the irreverent and charming rest. ‘Me Before You,’ by Jojo Moyes, and More 2012-12-26T20:50:12Z Guess I might as well whack ITV on and fill you in on the Brit awards instead, then. Brit awards 2013: live coverage 2013-02-20T19:46:25Z For more than 60 minutes, I whacked my way across the course, no doubt horrifying the handful of other golfers. Snow Boots to Sockless, Briefly 2010-03-03T03:00:00Z A Radio 4 documentary, Spank the Plank looks to rehabilitate the technique, which can loosely be described as "whacking the strings with your thumb". Paying homage to 'slap' bass 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Wielding a rusted bolt, Mr. Lindberg whacked a chunk of metal, which responded dully. From Heaps of Junk, a Melodious Clang 2010-10-04T21:33:00Z Kids whack each other with deckchairs, rockers get shoved over the edge of the promenade, shops and cafes are torn apart. Quadrophenia: Back when Britain's youngsters ran riot 2011-08-18T11:24:48Z The Emmys "whack" who wants to watch these kind of shows anyway. Emmy Awards 2016: Emmys Welcome Surprises Along With the Favorites 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z It was a big whack to the brain. Table For Three: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nancy Pelosi: A Power Lunch, Times Two 2014-04-04T22:47:29Z Seldom have I seen a show thrown so out of whack by one performance. Once Too Often: A Wrong Turn on Broadway 2012-03-21T10:45:18Z It’s an incredible product, as it punches a good deal of flavor with a lesser whack of booze. Not your grandfather's port: will fortified wine ever enjoy a revival? 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z This is not a guy you want to whack with a fly swatter. | 'Ovo': Circque du Soleil?s ?Ovo? on Randalls Island 2010-04-22T21:47:00Z With a particularly loud instrument, such as a gong, watching the musician warm it up and quiet it down is as fun as the main whack. Seattle Symphony is up for 3 Grammys. Here’s a beginners guide to enjoying the Symphony. 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Now, on the next season, Doug can go on a fun redemption journey by pretending to have whacked a totally different promising young gal. The Most Shocking Revelations From House of Cards Season 5 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Dance being a touring art form, the whole supply chain is out of whack. Perspective | In theaters or at home, dance is here to move you 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z "There's always this tension of balance . . . and when it shifts so one side overtakes, something goes out of whack." Magic and mysteries woven into "The Wheel of Time" main titles 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Open a wine bottle by standing it in a shoe and whacking the heel against a wall. Review: The Haywire Hospitality of ‘At Home With Amy Sedaris’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The overlapping black-and-white contrasts become blite and whack with all the choreographic changes — spectacular. Review: Ballet With Intricate Geometry, and a Lot of Fun 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z He tortures suspects, exploits the local citizenry, hates liberal reform and whacks anyone he doesn’t like with his cane. Book review: ‘The Siege,’ by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z One member, Bob Nastanovich, whacked a second drum kit, concocted noise from analog electronics and shouted punky responses to Mr. Malkmus’s lead vocals. Newbies and the Reunited Gather in the Desert 2010-04-19T21:37:00Z If the two feel out of whack, speak up: “I could have used a pat on the back.” Social Q's: Asking for It? 2010-07-30T22:05:00Z His chakras are still all out of whack, poor thing, and he definitely didn't find his bliss. 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Happy entrails to you 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Zurga: Not so fast / Hard Man / It is I who gets to decide / Who gets whacked. Digested opera: The Pearl Fishers 2010-06-18T09:56:00Z “He is better thought of as an effigy I stuff and sew,” the narrator says, “so that I might whack at him with the sticks of my sentences.” Book review: ‘Against the Country,’ by Ben Metcalf 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z But the reason Glengarry Glen Ross is back on Broadway is Al Pacino, and he throws the revival out of whack. The Root of All Evil: Glengarry Glen Ross and Golden Boy on Broadway 2012-12-11T16:00:50Z People mocked her, saying, "Crack is whack," so much that her addiction drowned out the fact that she is one of the most gifted songstresses ever. Jamie Foxx's performance in "They Cloned Tyrone" adds to his legendary body of work 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Would the entire production have been thrown out of whack by one more than beige extra in the crowd scenes? "Hobbit" controversy: When is casting racism? 2010-11-30T21:31:00Z A rope ladder challenge in which climbers try to whack the uvula of a giant inflatable cat. Adult Swim Tries a New Channel: A Weekend Festival 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z In the studio itself, bored guys aurally simulate human atrocity by whacking and stabbing vegetables, while female stars give operatic screams in the sound booth. Berberian Sound Studio – review 2012-08-30T14:30:01Z I knew you were a whack job who was going to do something substantial on the planet!” Charting a New Course: Q&A with Education Visionary Deborah Kenny 2012-06-25T10:45:47Z His timing is astonishing: he’s down and then he’s up again, and his big feet slap the floor with a great “whack” at the start of a phrase. A New Incarnation of Mark Morris’s Singular Dance 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Tyson asked after comedian Mike Cannon verbatim echoed the views of my whack boyfriend. Neil deGrasse Tyson destroys moon landing truthers: “Are you trying to blow my mind?” 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z However some feel the prices that some of these companies are getting are a little out of whack. Reality gold rush! Broadcast networks get delayed viewing dollars. 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z In the footage, male and female Popeye’s workers were caught slapping, punching and whacking each other in a frenzied, expletive-laden melee. 7 Milwaukee Popeyes employees fired after chaotic brawl caught on camera 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z He was so excited, so overcome by the rightness, the inevitability of his future life that he went out into the back yard of his family home and whacked fly balls until his hands bled. How I knew I could cook: It's easy, if you're born to it 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Michaels and Poison performed at the Tony Awards in June 2009 and the singer suffered a busted lip and broken nose when he was whacked by a piece of scenery. Bret Michaels sues Tony Awards over 2009 mishap 2011-03-26T00:29:07Z Instead of whacking Wall Street, Stone gives it a poke that ends up as a tickle. Oliver Stone's New Wall Street: Greed Is God 2010-09-23T08:25:00Z In The Sopranos, for instance, the sexist jabs at Carmela overlapped with some fan’s desire that the show be all whackings, all the time, with no diversions into the “boring,” “soap opera” marriage-and-family stuff. On Anna Gunn, the Skyler-Hating Sexists, and the Billion-Megaphone Era 2013-08-26T15:13:37Z Unfortunately his moral compass is so far out of whack he's monumentally unsuited to the task. DVD & Blu-ray out this week 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z Then she began a nightly ritual of mercilessly whacking each of her pink satin shoes against a cinder-block wall at the David H. Koch Theater. Lens Blog: At City Ballet, Footwear Is Almost as Important as Feet 2013-12-30T18:23:07Z "Besides, you need movement in a film, and to see superheroes pounding each other or picking up a car and whacking someone with it is visually exciting." Kick-Ass ? an interview with its creator 2010-03-24T20:00:00Z I’m no expert but I do know that when I get whacked in the forehead by a baseball bat – accident or not — it makes me feel significantly better to yell “FUUUUCK!” Mommy’s got a potty mouth 2013-06-03T00:30:00Z Millennials are certainly prone to idealising their parents’ generation: listening to their vinyl and whacking retro filters on their iPhone photographs. The hippy is back: not so cool if you remember it the first time round 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z In another, veteran Thai trainer Neng is whacking willing victims with a stick when not being kneed in the face. swaggers in – red shorts, white trainers, no top and fist bumps aplenty. Ducking and weaving 2010-07-30T23:09:00Z Mr. Trump groused about having to address the fallout from Hurricane Maria, saying, “I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you’ve thrown our budget a little out of whack.” Stephen Colbert Accuses President of ‘Trump-splaining’ to Puerto Ricans 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z "That dude is whack," he concluded, walking in to the theater. But where was James Franco? 2011-02-14T14:13:00Z The word “extinction” is a blunt instrument that whacks at complacency. How should we talk about what’s happening to our planet? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z “And no one would know more about budgets being out of whack than the guy who’s filed for bankruptcy six times.” Stephen Colbert Accuses President of ‘Trump-splaining’ to Puerto Ricans 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Leg whacks and grand pliés, with one point shoe digging into the floor, have rarely looked so desperate. Dance Review: Sometimes a Little of This and Some More of That Add Up to a Lot 2010-10-01T22:56:00Z Nothing too violent; not the daily physical abuse at the hands of an older sibling one reader described in response, but a low-grade background of whacks, pinches and pushes. Motherlode Blog: Quandary Considered: Handling Siblings Who Hit 2012-04-26T20:00:36Z Inconspicuous and all the more elegant for it, “After You” is a reaction against much contemporary ballet, with its frequent sight of whacked legs, meaningless gestures and partnering that turns women into brainless machines. Review: Choreography Is the Star at American Ballet Theater 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z He’s also an Englishman, though in his concert movie “Miracle” he takes a whack at two venerable tentpoles of the American cultural circus: stage magic and faith healing. ‘Derren Brown: Miracle’ Review: Deception on the Stage and Under the Steeple 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z We’re making progress, I suppose, and we do get to hear her talk about her siblings a bit—but if I ever encounter the Many-Faced God I’m going to whack him with a stick. “Game of Thrones”: Bran Stark and the Tower of Joy 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z With a monotone male voice repeating the word “whack” in the manner of a quacking duck, the song expressed the merry spirit of Mr. Holt’s style of jazz. Redd Holt, Drummer on Instrumentals That Became Pop Hits, Dies at 91 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z On the first Saturday of the summer, the whacking and whizzing noises of matkot along Gordon Beach were audible from my hotel room on the 12th floor. Global Athlete: Looking to Play Some Matkot? Tel Aviv's the Place 2012-07-01T10:46:05Z Still, if one were to encounter a ball perched atop the ancient earthworks, there is no ban on whacking at it with a 3-iron. A Push to Move the Golf Course Atop a Native American ‘Stonehenge’ 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z When Haddish was 12, her mother got into a vicious fight with a neighbour and accidentally whacked his baby with a plank of wood. Tiffany Haddish: ‘If Meryl Streep can go to the Oscars 22 times, why can’t I?' 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z As a schoolgirl in Brooklyn, Betty Rhyzyk once grabbed the yardstick from Sister Mary Ignatius, the teacher who was about to spank her, and whacked the nun instead. Review | Michael Connelly’s new Bosch book is one of this month’s best thrillers and mysteries 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z “You always stick with things that rhyme: Meals on Wheels, crack is whack, hop on pop, two buck chuck, avoid the noid, be kind rewind.” Late-night TV roundup: 'Trump lied on Twitter during a hearing about him lying on Twitter' 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z It also lets Margaret take a whack at his self-importance: He is proud of what he’s done for racial equality, but what has he done to women? Jake Tapper’s Hero Is Embedded With the Rat Pack, Hoping to Catch a Rat 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Nobody whacked Arya with a stick or trained her in any way; nobody got torn apart by dogs. “Game of Thrones”: Backbones All Around 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z It’s a pathetic role, largely because she’s a sad piñata made for the whacking simply because, it seems, the only thing worse than making kids cry is being a journalist. Movie Review: Jason Bateman Stars In and Directs ‘Bad Words’ 2014-03-13T22:41:54Z In fact, anyone selling anything remotely mid-20th-century simply whacks on that word to improve their search ranking, sometimes qualified with the word "era" . There's no I in Eames 2010-10-26T09:47:00Z What kind of woman would take a whack at a baby carriage? Review | Motherhood isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in ‘Pramkicker’ 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z An early skit involved a family at a funeral home whacking the swollen corpse of its patriarch with a Wiffle bat. An Upright Citizens Brigade Theater Closes With Filthy Fanfare 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Pyramid Atlantic Art Center takes a whack at that attitude with “Not Too High, Not Too Low,” for which curator Amy Loko invited six local comics artists to apply their skills to something different. Review | In the galleries: Comic book artists show new dimensions 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Alas, the makers of One Day have bottled out, and instead of giving us a geeky heroine in thrall to male pulchritude, they've plumped for Hathaway, which throws the dynamic out of whack. Anne Billson on One Day 2011-08-18T21:10:01Z Soon, the muse was striking left and right: "We all came out with whacked out parts." E Street Band's Nils Lofgren: 'Life is grand' 2012-01-11T10:16:05Z It's so much easier now to do a sketch," says Steve Hall, "and whack it up on YouTube, or do a podcast. From sketches to standup: the great escape 2011-08-08T20:30:02Z "Larkin definitely hardened the horseshoe of his mind by whacking it on that anvil," Motion says. Sound of the suburbs 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z So it's pretty depressing to watch his new film, a crass, dull shocker about a righteous London copper who becomes a serial killer, whacking crims and uploading the videos to his creepy website. May I Kill U? – review 2013-01-10T21:15:01Z This threw the balance of the ecosystem out of whack. Jaguar family’s release in Argentina is a step toward bringing back an important predator 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z In meeting that included Alaska Airlines CEO, president calls America’s system “totally out of whack.” Trump shows interest in privatizing air traffic control 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z You have been going through some big changes and your emotional life is a little out of whack. A lesbian in love with a man 2012-08-29T00:00:00Z A reasonable response would be to get spooked, whack the box shut, back away. Some of Us Are Haunted by Washington Phillips 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Each man held up the rope attached to the buffalo’s nose ring, exposing its throat, and then, grasping the knife’s bamboo root handle, wound up and took a whack. In Indonesia, Many Islands and Many Faces 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Personally I think it’s brilliant, especially when considering TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz’s brilliant theory that Sopranos creator David Chase “whacked the audience” so the story continues but it’s us that are really dead. Boardwalk Empire and Sons of Anarchy face challenge of finding a fitting finale 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z I freeze as I spot a piece coming straight at me, but someone whacks it away. On a Maine windjammer, feasts of food, scenery and conversation At their kitchen table, more reckoning: Her knee hurts, her blood sugar is whack. Perspective | Rebooted Roseanne is a proud ‘deplorable.’ Can she be the Trump era’s Archie Bunker? 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Then he was whacked with “six of the best”. I faced the teacher who abused me when I was nine 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z “He didn’t want the band to look childish. But then a few minutes later he snuck up behind Paul McCartney and whacked him on the head with a pillow.” In George V Show, Benson Meets the Beatles 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The winner was worn by Daniel Craig: a bow tie so huge, and so comical, that I kept expecting it to spin around and whack the actor on the chin. Should the Oscars Survive? 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z "I just had to whack my teeth in and I was away! They changed the shape of my mouth so it really helped with the accent." Cilla Black: Reliving the early years 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z We left Nicholson face down in a pool of blood after Boyd had driven him to a lockup to be whacked by George. TV review: Waking the Dead and The Great Estate 2011-04-11T21:01:00Z Over 22 years, three television seasons and movies on screens big and small, Johnny Knoxville’s lovable goons have been whacked so often that their orchestra of moans could play “O Fortuna.” ‘Jackass Forever’ Review: A Visit From the Goon Squad 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z "So if", I said, "you had to whack A journalist, that's fine. Don't worry, Prince, I've got your back For the sake of auld lang syne." Style Invitational Week 1314: Bill Us Now — our ‘joint legislation’ contest 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z I whacked at slivered almonds with a hardcover book, in an attempt to make a cake that was later described by my guests, not unkindly, as a granola or a brittle. Leaving a Religion and a Marriage, and Gaining a Chicken Soup 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z “They were like a miner’s pick,” he said, “for whacking skulls.” Carver explores Tlingit battle armor, weapons 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z We took a few whacks with baseball bats and dragged him out. 'You start getting bitter': what I learned from 43 years in prison 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Thompson takes her share of whacks at what’s become of America below the Mason-Dixon line — or, as The Onion has it, below the IHOP-Waffle House line. Books of The Times: ‘The New Mind of the South,’ by Tracy Thompson 2013-04-23T17:04:03Z “Unless we get the education bit right, and we change the culture, we’ll be playing the whack a mole game forever of taking cyberbullying material down.” Education key to fighting cyberbullying of children, says safety watchdog 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z “Isn’t the first rule of budgeting that you put money aside for a rainy day? There hasn’t been a rainier day! And ‘throwing the budget out of whack’? Stephen Colbert Accuses President of ‘Trump-splaining’ to Puerto Ricans 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z You expend energy points to perform actions like feeding pigs, chopping trees or whacking snakes. Video Game Review: In Zynga?s FrontierVille, Going From Forest to Family 2010-07-05T21:48:00Z Whether red square and black dot are secret signs impelling Todd to do something – hire Ike to whack some unfortunates, or buy milk on the way home – is uncertain. Twin Peaks recap: episode six – we've waited over 25 years for this moment 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been whacked in the face by someone carrying the contents of their entire life on their shoulder, with them none the wiser.” Perspective | In time for the holidays, a seasonal primer on luggage etiquette 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Soon, drums kick in and dancers explode into percussive action — shaking, undulating, whacking the air with the force of those drums. Review: Afro-Colombian Dancing Reawakens the Joyce Theater 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Good action movies and comedies require so much skill, far more than simply looking moodily off into the middle distance and whacking Adagio in G Minor on the soundtrack. Why Black Panther should win the 2019 best picture Oscar 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z If that guy was involved with the murder - why would he have not whacked Naz? ‘The Night Of’ Series Premiere: Fate at the Wheel 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z In pursuit of the dream girl, Moore submits to a car crash, getting repeatedly whacked by a telescope, falling off a boat, into a swimming pool and down a mountain slope. 10 Pink Panthers at Tiffany's: Farewell to Blake Edwards 2010-12-19T14:10:00Z After the whacking, the remaining bodies are placed in a vertical container in individual slots that makes it look as though dozens of headless sardines are attending a lecture in a small hall. In Portugal, Taking a Dive Into Sardines 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z If masculine and feminine can’t find a better way of getting along than this, Takamori implies, then something is seriously out of whack. Noted Seattle artist’s final show reveals he was vibrant to the end 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z At the end of the ballet, Balanchine and Robbins came on as beggars and did a dance, whacking each other with big sticks. To Igor, With Love and Masterpieces, George 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z He’s found some unexpected electrical cables in the living room wall and now they need to whack a big hole in it. Porn without the visuals: I tried audio erotica – would it turn me on? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z “Ye cannae whack a Teacher” was a ubiquitous advert slogan in Scotland years ago. Does Blended Scotch Still Have a Place in the Modern Bar? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z The project was initially called “More Than My Father’s Daughter,” until the words “More” and “Than” were whacked in later drafts. Victoria Gotti Is Back in a Big Way on Your Teensy Screens 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z These easy caricatures briefly throw the movie out of whack. | 'True Adolescents': Great Outdoors Beckons as a Test of Manhood 2011-07-28T22:03:05Z Falcone explains Problem No. 1: The murder of the Waynes has knocked everything out of whack. 'Gotham' Recap: Batman as a Goth Boy, the Butler as an Angry Young Man 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z He took out a slab and, before I could object, whacked off every morsel of fat. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: For a week I recorded my dreams. Here are my political prophecies. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Ms Marvel would have perhaps already resorted to violence: her signature move involves enlarging her fists and whacking despotic opponents. 'I feel joy': how Bisha K Ali went from struggling standup to Marvel maestro 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z A few months later, in the course of a joint appearance on Letterman, the wrestler stood up and whacked Kaufman across the face, knocking him out of his chair, neck brace and all. From Hollywood’s illusion factory, some unexpected reality 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z In the fiction world, I’d like a whack at James Ellroy’s Lloyd Hopkins character — a cop who is such a genius the only work for him is police work. Tom Hanks: By the Book 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The scene where he commentated on his own imaginary golfing triumph while whacking the heads off chrysanthemums was improvised from two lines of stage direction. The 10 best Bill Murray moments 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z I’d hang out at Muscle Beach with the steroid-bloated weightlifters and tourists and wannabe actresses, actors, screenwriters, producers, directors and other local whack jobs, begging people to read my book. I wrote my way to true love 2013-02-14T01:00:00Z Listen up, Tenacious D: here's what whacking your skins really means. Tenacious D; Poliça – review 2012-06-09T23:05:54Z Some chardonnays whack you in the face with an oak two-by-four. This Oregon wine will challenge your ideas about what makes a pinot noir 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Her notoriety is summed up by a macabre ditty, the one in which she gives her mother 40 whacks with an ax and then gives her father 41 more. At Sundance, Films Filled With Fury, Propelled by Outsiders 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Maybe no one got around to whacking Hill, or each mafioso thought it was someone else's job. Why wasn't Goodfellas' Henry Hill murdered by the mob? 2012-06-13T15:51:01Z Most prominent, though, are the songs – top-heavy lyrical odysseys from this self-styled "Aryan librarian at the word Smithsonian", whacked out on a poor, abused keyboard. Bo Burnham 2010-08-11T20:30:00Z It’s been a year since the thoroughly whack day when Ichabod Crane was buried alive and Abbie Mills was trapped in purgatory in the season finale of Fox’s supernatural cop drama, “Sleepy Hollow.” 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Is love ahead for Abbie and Ichabod? 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z I didn’t want to whack any passing cars with my flippers. For a newbie driver, the RV was her classroom and her subject matter 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z In a phone interview, Mr. Weitz said that Harry’s problems were inspired by his own experience of finding that success “threw things out of whack in my other relationships.” Zach Braff in Paul Weitz?s ?Trust? at Second Stage 2010-07-29T21:38:00Z The other day I was chopping wood at my house at 5.30am and this bit whacked me in the eye, knocked me down, spilt my coffee. Aaron Eckhart: 'You're giving me a heart attack' 2013-04-11T17:34:07Z Jackson portrays the holy man, Reuben, as near-saintly and a good listener, until he unexpectedly whacks Katie with his huge walking stick for her capricious ways. Review: Mint has a subtle revival of 'Katie Roche' 2013-02-26T01:16:07Z If Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” is this year’s defining American movie on race, “I Love You, Daddy” may prove its corollary on sexual politics, a bountiful and oh-so-topical Trump-era piñata waiting to be whacked open. Men, Women, Cinema — No Longer the Same Old Story 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z It’s surely worthy of a Monty Python-style sketch, set on a rush hour train, where those who failed to show proper respect faced a swift whack on some or other part of their anatomy. 'We shout at and smack our children: how can we stop?' 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z I put it in a plastic bag and whacked it with a hammer. Isn’t it plain good manners to reply to my text after our first date? 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Here, stray fingers might jam up a hologram fan, obstructing its projected image and earning a disciplinary whack from the fan’s blade. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z An involuntary response to stimulation, akin to the “knee jerk” that happens when the doctor whacks your patella? The science of swooning: We don’t really know why some kisses lead to back kicks, toe curls and weak knees 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z As they trade barbs, they punch the kitchen walls, or whack household items at them. Review: In ‘With No Fanfare,’ Things Fall Apart 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The whack initially left Michaels with a busted lip and broken nose, but also caused brain bleeding. Bret Michaels settles case over 2009 Tonys mishap 2012-05-14T23:55:09Z And, when someone tells me they finally read a book they could never crack, I take a whack out of a sense of a challenge. Tom Hanks: By the Book 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z The book takes frequent whacks at her, holding her accountable for much of the unhappiness in Vonnegut’s last years. Books of The Times: Charles J. Shields?s ?And So It Goes,? on Vonnegut - Review 2011-11-02T23:41:53Z It is hardly likely that an executive mused, “American culture isn’t quite degraded enough; might be a good idea to give it another whack.” Review: ‘Clown’ — At Least Bozo Never Ate the Kids 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s sad to see a bright-eyed puppy cry after getting whacked on the nose with a rolled up newspaper. Ben Kisses The Girls And Makes Them Cry on 'The Bachelor' 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Fliedner whacked down de Rivera’s request with a nasty letter that read, in essence, “NO GIRLS.” How a Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Smashed the Gender Divide in American High Schools 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Not satisfied, he keeps repeating the process, whacking different parts of the gong with the hammer. Thailand’s ‘Gong Highway’ 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The easiest way to core iceberg lettuce is to firmly whack the head, core side down, against the kitchen counter. How iceberg lettuce wedged its way into American culture 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z There’s a whack and a howl and then a nurse returns bloodied: Finally, a patient! Review: ‘The Hospital’: 3 Nurses, No Patients, Dark Ritual 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Just whack the knife on the side of the waste basket and the the pit will fall off cleanly. How to Cut an Avocado Without Cutting Yourself 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z I tell people, “No idea is a whack idea,” and just giving that shine to small-business people who look like us has opened up so many doors. From Master P to Uncle P: Music mogul has turned his focus to popular line of grocery staples 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Awkwardly, we back into the heavy brush, where a ranger is already using his machete to whack open another path for us. A trek to gorilla country in the Congo But as Daniel Snaith, the Canadian-born, London-based heart of Caribou begins whacking a snare drum in time to the heavy, demanding rhythm of Leave House, you realise that this is far from the case. Caribou ? review 2011-02-24T18:12:57Z You know those days when your brain feels all misted over and you can’t concentrate no matter how much you whack your head with your fists? How to escape your phone and other life hacks 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z It was simply that Dallas was the available cudgel to whack Washington, the team avidly embraced by Richard Nixon. Football and Politics 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z But my favorite moment comes just before he’s whacked, as he sits with his young nephew Anthony by the lake with their fishing gear. Respect for Fredo, a Character Who Is So Much More Than a Political Insult 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z And when I told my gran that I wanted to do the music thing and leave uni, she rolled up her sleeves, got the spoon and just whacked it. 'All the hood rats would jam with us': Grandmaster Flash, AJ Tracey and other artists on the generation gap 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z He would say how he’d been “whacked” in the head and that he was “permanently brain damaged.” Sex in a hospital bed 2013-05-28T23:00:00Z Rowe has since grinned with each juicy new scandal that smacks of “The Fix,” from sexts and sex rings to officials whacked on drugs. Song and dance as a political ‘Fix’ 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The Stooges’ bonds of brotherhood may be strong, but they’re ties forged by a choreographed roundelay of resonant whacks and other instances of extreme discipline and punishment. Movie Review: ?The Three Stooges,? From Peter and Bobby Farrelly 2012-04-12T18:27:53Z When we come to recent art, things go completely out of whack. Tate Britain's Watercolour: Awash with inspiration 2011-02-14T21:31:01Z At one point before police escorted him out of the theater, he whacked Mr. Cumming on the backside. For Alan Cumming, Life Isn’t Always a Cabaret 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Hockey players can’t go quite that far, but they can whack, body-block and generally pummel their opponents in the melees that arise in the course of games. Movie Review: Alex Gibney’s ‘Last Gladiators’ Looks at Hockey’s Tough Guys 2013-01-31T22:42:44Z "She ended up whacking him and she started crying afterward." Gwyneth Paltrow: Wild in the 'Country' 2010-12-23T06:00:00Z And “Exhibit Piece” whacks at the seductions of America’s postwar largesse: A 22nd-century museum curator finds a rip in space-time and decides to live in his exhibit of the late 20th century. Review | ‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams’ is a companion anthology to the new TV show 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z And take care not to whack your ski boots against any part of the helicopter. Explorer : A Sisterhood of the Snow in Alaska 2014-04-03T17:57:48Z The tamest of the bunch, showing Sunday, is probably “Meet Me in St. Louis,” the 1944 Vincente Minnelli film, which featured a scene in which an angry girl whacked the heads off some snowmen. The Week Ahead: Dec. 16 — 22 2012-12-16T07:40:07Z Mind that you don’t whack others with your backpack, tote, or yoga bag. Modern Etiquette: Doors, Elevators, and Escalators 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z On an outdoor set, an actor whacked a nonexistent golf ball toward a green screen, then traded barbs with a patch of grass. With ‘Upload,’ Greg Daniels Takes a Leap Into the Great Unknown 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z “Don’t look at me!” — each earning a whack on Louie’s legs or torso. Review: Angelina Jolie's 'Unbroken' Is Grand, But Not Quite Enthralling 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Then he takes a ball-peen hammer and whacks the upper right corner twice. Thailand’s ‘Gong Highway’ 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z As Abboud glides between industrial sewing machines and Italian steamers, an elaborate overhead conveyor system zips half-finished suits around the room; one of them gently whacks him in the shoulder. Joseph Abboud’s suits aren’t hip, but they’re made in America. Can that make them cool? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z There were people who just wanted a mob show, and their motto was “less yakking, more whacking.” David Chase on ‘The Sopranos,’ Trump and, Yes, That Ending 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z But if you’ve never used to them to get a sense of portion sizes, your sense of portion sizes is probably out of whack. Perspective | Being stuck at home may have an upside when it comes to eating: You can take control 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z Though lugubrious, her Odette was also fierce in her resistance to impossible love, whacking Siegfried’s hand away when he tried to embrace her. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Swan Lake’ at Met Opera House 2012-06-26T21:12:40Z “Is This a Room” in its understated way expresses with full-throated clarity something seriously out of whack in our political system. Review | Reality Winner’s arrest transcript becomes a scintillating Broadway show in ‘Is This a Room’ 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z But do resist the urge to just whack on the pair of throwback Nikes you bought for fashion purposes last year. Start slow, wear what you like, watch out for zombies: a beginner’s guide to running 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z The Emmys "whack" who wants to watch these kind of shows anyway. Emmy Awards 2016: Emmys Welcome Surprises Along With the Favorites 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Reminder that the LA literary scene is chock-full of amazing, talented and diverse writers, please don't judge LA by one whack person. Criticism of diversity issues at AWP conference inflamed by Kate Gale piece 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z They had whacked their way to this cave’s entrance before, squeezed through the slot that opens into the front chamber and descended into the second cavern, where Alex found the spider. Beneath the surface — caving and diving — Belize is breathtaking 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z They climb treacherous tenement stairs in Little Italy to the spot where Anna’s first husband was whacked; two weeks later Vito “dragged” her to the altar. Podcasts for Horoscopes, Adulting and Phish Fans: Here’s What’s New 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z It’s “Thrones” Friday, which means the pop culture cabal takes one last whack at the show before Sunday’s Season 5 finale. 'Game of Thrones' Season 5 Finale: 9 Questions That Need Answers 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z There was a lot of reminiscing Tuesday in Beverly Hills, so much so that the ratio of patter to performance seemed out of whack. Barbara Cook at the Wallis: Still doing what she does best 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Grab your phone and whack your boyfriend repeatedly on the head. Apps for the Lovelorn 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Lots of us can whack on a fly outfit, but for Rowland, with his music and clothes feeding off each other, it's a way of life. Kevin Rowland: 'My motto is "never not shopping"' 2012-07-10T15:23:00Z A rash from poison oak, A sunburn raw and red, Some gorp that made me choke, A branch that whacked my head. Style Invitational Week 1464: Picture this — our cartoon caption contest 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Certainly the very first one was the one that really threw everything out of whack. Dan Harmon on the Future of Rick and Morty and That Community Movie 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Antiheroes existed in art long before Tony whacked his first victim. How TV Went From David Brent to Ted Lasso 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z So explained Kristin Newman, a comedy writer who has spent many a hiatus abroad, about why she’s smoked in Parisian cafes — though she doesn’t smoke — and has been whacked with eucalyptus in Muscovite banyas. The Art of the ‘Vacationship’ 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z And so, bada-bing, just like a whacking, The Sopranos was done. The Sopranos: 10 years since it finished, it's still the most masterful show ever 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z He hammered on I-beams and guardrails, whacked thick cables, sent steel pellets down the inside of a bridge tower and recorded the sounds. After Music From a Bridge, Why Not a Tower? 2010-07-08T22:50:00Z It's like being whacked over the head with a copy of Freud for Dummies. Far from unimpeachable 2010-06-03T11:40:00Z But when Chase first sought permission from the songwriters, Perry demurred because, he later explained, "I was not excited about the Soprano family being whacked to Don't Stop Believin'". Don't Stop Believin': the power ballad that refused to die 2010-12-16T22:14:01Z I agree with all of the comments which recommend leaving the halved avocado on the cutting board and then whacking the pit with a knife so... How to Cut an Avocado Without Cutting Yourself 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The restaurant’s chef and owner, Daniel Humm, is using the skills he brought to meat and seafood to whack away at vegetables. Eleven Madison Park Explores the Plant Kingdom’s Uncanny Valley 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Your talent has to match your ambition — you need both, but if they’re out of whack, it’s not going to happen for you. How Steven Soderbergh and Ed Solomon Straightened Out ‘Full Circle’ 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z A single whack brought the mean thing down. Smash a Coronavirus Piñata. You’ll Feel Better. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z After just two weeks of serious constipation and sharp, Dali-level whack dreams, I basically forgot why I was ever scared in the first place. Zap Mama: My long, slow, dizzy breakup with my antidepressant 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z There was plenty here to thrill and scare and amuse, like Clara getting whacked in the face by a rolled-up newspaper, but I kept getting yanked out of the moment. Doctor Who review: Peter Capaldi makes his entrance 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z With bread, one can’t just whack a load of fondant icing over the mistakes. The Great British Bake Off 2019: episode three – live 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “Better get yourself inside pretty quick before you get whacked by some of those neutrons you’re hunting for,” Tiffany hollered back. The “rage to master”: What it takes for those scary-smart kids to succeed 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Rather than remake that well-known 1990 movie, it takes a whack at a picture whose contemporary name recognition derives mainly from its reputation as a largely derided post-Brat Pack ensemble piece. Review: Why the New ‘Flatliners’ Is Just ‘Meh’ 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Your sugar metabolism is completely out of whack.” The Juice Cleanse: A Strange and Green Journey 2010-10-27T21:21:00Z The scale of it was all out of whack — not the script, which Didion imbued with a soul-baring directness, but the production. Review: ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ Gets Joan Didion’s Intention Just Right 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Eventually, the man gave the balloon a hard whack that loosened the string from the ground, causing the balloon to drift away. 9 of the funniest parenting fiascoes of 2019 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z The 65-year musician said dealing with the teenager's death was a major turning point in his life, which at the time was "out of whack." Elton John remembers Ryan White at his AIDS gala 2012-10-16T12:24:10Z My shrub is in retreat, its wilderness a little pushed back — my weeds are being, by time, gently whacked. Sharon Olds, Laureate of Sexuality, Scrutinizes the Body in ‘Odes’ 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Surely one of his bosses would whack him, just to shut him up? Boardwalk Empire: season one, episode four 2011-02-12T22:10:00Z The first difference is that both those movies achieved a fair whack of critical acclaim, while most people thought , though bright and shiny to look at, was dull as ditchwater. Will Tron 3's empire strike back or crash out? 2011-04-07T15:11:37Z His family had butchered hogs, with the young Dean whacking them over the head with the blunt end of an ax. Singer, sausage businessman Jimmy Dean dies at 81 2010-06-14T03:14:00Z With a quick final whack, the head parted ways with the body, and Sonny’s brother wrapped our rabbit in butcher paper. Eating the Easter Bunny 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z “And I know when something is way, way, way out of whack.” Ernie Barnes’s ‘Sugar Shack’ Painting Brings Big Price at Auction 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Krein’s essay on James Burnham’s critique of the “managerial elite” takes whacks at both parties. Talking Trumpism: A New Political Journal Enters the Fray 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z In October, two troupes took overlapping whacks at Stephen Sondheim’s “Assassins.” Perspective | Why is Washington theater so predictable? 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Segal was among Hollywood’s busiest and most recognizable actors in the 1970s, appearing in films whose comedy and outlook, sometimes strikingly out of whack with today’s sensibility, were characteristic of the decade. George Segal, Veteran of Drama and TV Comedy, Is Dead at 87 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Apparently, you can also use a vodka bottle to tenderize your meat, as in literally give it a few good whacks. Martha Stewart's unusual technique for tenderizing meat is surprisingly perfect for Dry January 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “He’s taking a direct whack at one of the main critical things that’s happening in this country right now,” said Lev Grossman, a book critic and author of the fantasy series “The Magicians.” In His New Novel, Ben Winters Dares to Mix Slavery and Sci-Fi 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z I was going to do 11, and without the whacking. Twilight of the Glaciers 2011-07-29T19:50:35Z Everything else about her schedule is out of whack. The new normal is getting old fast 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z “I worry about speed making it too easy to take the easy answer — let’s go whack them with special operations — as opposed to perhaps a more laborious answer for perhaps a better long-term solution.” Army tank made of cupcakes 2012-06-15T14:54:00Z Well, I’d spent my youth in Cloud Cuckoo Land, hadn’t I, but Professor Zinn was there to whack me upside the head. By the Book: Donna Leon 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Even the narrator’s name has been radically attenuated, reduced to the single letter X, which, as a symbol of evaporated identity, is about as subtle as getting whacked in the face with a cricket bat. In Joseph O’Neill’s ‘The Dog,’ a depressed lawyer in Dubai won’t stop talking Barely has the deceased’s homophobia been broadcast to the stunned student body when their racist president is also whacked. ‘There’s Someone Inside Your House’ Review: Problematic Secrets Exposed 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Inside, 2 Unlimited's No Limit is blaring at full whack. Peter Robinson's Radio Daze: Smoke Radio 2012-09-28T23:05:00Z If a hummingbird comes around — this happens, in one story — one of them will whack it with a book. Review: The Stories of Joy Williams: Short, but Seldom Sweet 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z “But it’s going to be whacked out in a wonderful way.” N.Y.U. Skirball Season Reinvigorates the Classics 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z When he announced proudly, “Madame, it was me!,” he recalled in his 2017 memoir, “A Place for All People,” she whacked him on the head with the umbrella and marched off. Richard Rogers, Architect Behind Landmark Pompidou Center, Dies at 88 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Instead, visitors to this New Orleans event are chased by roller derby girls, who will whack you with a foam wiffle ball bat if they catch up with you. Frozen Dead Guy Days: Colorado’s weirdest festival 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z "Well," he smiles happily, "I can be bombastic, I can sound arrogant, I look like I've got a whacking big ego, I can be quite rude and opinionated and abrupt." Working Piers 2011-01-17T08:00:05Z The archetypal bad fan shrugs off any notion of moral complexity; he fast-forwards through arguments with the wife and freeze-frames the bloody whackings. The Female Bad Fan 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Amazon, meanwhile, demonstrating either a great attempt at customer reparations or spectacular foolhardiness, is taking another whack at it today, repeating its 99-cent offer. Lady Gaga's 99-cent Amazon fiasco continues 2011-05-26T15:27:00Z The Guardians take whacks at the blob, jumping and thrashing around a patently digital environment that’s vaguely far-out and indeterminate. Review: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ Wants That Loving Feeling 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z The house he bought, sight unseen, is a wreck, the locals are whack jobs and his reason for the disruption isn’t that noble after all: He wants to learn to surf. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe’ and ‘High Maintenance’ 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z |
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