“Afraid if she learns, she might get caught at it, and then be whipped or sold.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She used small, plaited whips, she would draw blood, and she was making herself a small fortune off those old white men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cuvier was already dazzling people with his genius for taking heaps of disarticulated bones and whipping them into shapely forms. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The island’s undergrowth was surpris-ingly thick, and he had to push it aside to keep it from whipping him in the face as he forced through. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ishmael, with his shoulders hunched, his collar turned up, his pinned coat sleeve whipping in the wind, slogged through the snow to his office. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Diego whipped a handful of napkins from his back pocket and set to cleaning his hands methodically, scraping the sauce from under his fingernails. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Connelly used to start the song as a signal to go back to picking after a whipping. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They licked her fingers and face, their tails slashing the ground like whips. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The American teenager whipped out a small-caliber pistol and began shooting. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Otto’s head whipped to an almost completely faded Mr. Flux, who grinned and agreed. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Welles realized how much work he'd have to do at the next day’s rehearsal to whip the show into shape. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

She would always whip it off with a flourish, muttering, ‘Don’t be such a ridiculous little baby!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never threatened me or tried to have me whipped. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The pain from the salt water must have hurt worse than the whip. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I immediately whipped out a piece of college-lined paper from my English folder to write him back: Dear Martin, thank you so much for your letter! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

North they flew, beyond the river, Drogon gliding on tom and tattered wings through clouds that whipped by like the banners of some ghostly army. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He said he would put a frog in her desk and she wouldn’t dare to whip him.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I whip around, but all I see is a cold, silent house. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The girl whips her phone around, holding it to her chest, with her face twisted in confusion. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She whipped toward me, sprang from the chair, and dashed over to my bedside as if I was about to deliver my last words. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were whipped and chained and led back to the fetid dungeon where they had been all night. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was standing at the bus stop with Renee, a massive gust whipped that sucker right off my head and down the sidewalk. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If one student in ten had half his fire I’d teach with a whip and chair instead of chalk and slate.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You don’t mind the cold?” he said, as they reached the top of the fire escape, and the wind whipped his words away. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Olly raises his cup and blows on the already melting whipped cream. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he realized that Aunt Jimmy was dead, for he missed the fear of being whipped. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

That the Capitol has overlooked my interference with the whipping since no one is going to go to such trouble and expense for someone they plan on killing, anyway. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a whipping movement, an abrupt snap, and in a looping, swinging motion the Frog slipped back around and up and took the main force of the pressure wave from the tanker bow-on. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the dogs began fighting over their rations, and Atik’s whip cracked like a gunshot. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Hauptsturmführer Goeth showed up and on a whim demanded that the guards lash each of us twenty-five times with their savage leather whips. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

When I woke up hours later, Mommy was sitting at the foot of my bed, whipping belt in hand. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a whipping was bad enough, but to learn that his subjects dreaded the day he'd grow up and become king had deeply shaken him. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Crow’s Eye had summoned all the strength of the Iron Isles to Old Wyk and sailed out into the deepness of the Sunset Sea, with his brother Victarion following behind like a whipped cur. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The whipping didn’t matter much. But when he took away her children, I thought she was go’ die right there. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The whip fell, slicing into bone, reverberating through her body, making everything collapse and explode in agony, shifting her body into a graveyard, a dead— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A fresh wind whips my hair and cools my cheeks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Big Ma was still talking about the nice white man who didn’t have me arrested, whipped, or strung up. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A breeze had sprung up, whipping flecks of white on the Hudson River. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pet whipped its head around and snarled, an ugly sound, rotten with contempt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Pocahontas whips her head around when she hears her father’s name. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He sat quietly for a few moments, looking out at all the hustle-bustle starting to whip up across the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When Miss Bertha broke up the fight, for once she didn’t send us to the principal for a whipping. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t go in, he would be missed, and if he was missed, he would be whipped. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A blustery March wind whipped the steam coming out of the manholes, and people hurried along the sidewalks with their collars turned up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The beam of my flashlight caught for a frightening moment the waters of the Bay, which the wind had whipped into a fury. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those years, black people were slaves, growing cotton and getting whipped over it—why in the world would anyone want to name a church after it? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She had the whip in her hand and she was shouting, then she was on the dragon’s back, flying. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

George Morry whipped his head around, took a quick look, and was startled at the length of their lead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We were walking on the beach and the wind whipped Halmoni’s long skirt around her legs. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Heavy bands of bronze circled their waists, and from these belts hung the black thongs of whips. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Was his flag whipping in the breeze, giving the news to the town? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smeared whipped cream over his second piece of cake. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then he whips off his hospital gown, leaving him in just his underwear. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She grabbed my arm, whipped out a permanent marker, and wrote a phone number on my hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t seen them yet, but there was nowhere to hide, and as they stood up he saw the movement and whipped around to face them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari whipped her head away from him, her eyes dark with anger. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the avatars whips out a dagger and lunges, ready to tear through me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She whipped around corners and didn’t even hesitate at crossroads. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She lay in the snow, a pile of bones, feeling the air whip around her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When the film was over, the end of it whipped noisily around and around the take-up reel until Etienne turned off the machine and the rectangle of light disappeared. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

His mom looked past her at the darkness, the pelting rain, the whipping wind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I whip around, expecting Peeta to collapse to the ground, but he only raises his eyebrows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A heat storm, way more intense than the one before, is whipping through me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

One struck me on the leg and burned like a whip. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just about done,” he says, whipping his clothes off. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Mr Jason said if you break that tree he whip you.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"School's out in a few days, Horace. I'm coming up to the gym and see if I can whip some of that belly off you." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind became a lash as cruel as any slaver’s whip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Wind whipped my cheeks and pulled tears from my eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was round and dark and wet, with long hair that whipped about it as it rolled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He whipped his head back so fast to the card game the brothers were arguing over that Steve appeared to have momentarily laid down before bouncing back upright. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her words cut into me sharper and deeper than any whip. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In its right hand was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left it held a whip of many thongs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The ‘white’ man did not whip the ‘black’ boy,” my mother told me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third was hitting her with a whip. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whipping noise followed by some creaking reaches into my ears. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The figure whips its head in our direction, just as the moon finally peers out from behind the clouds, and for a second before the figure turns and runs, I see a face. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Like a dog who has had all the fight whipped out of him, Hodor would curl up and hide whenever Bran reached out for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After a third quarter in 25%, Pollard reached back and delivered a crack with the whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malik runs up the sloped trampoline in the back and does a flip, and when he lands, he spins around and whips his ball at Ben-Ben. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

If I wanted to get into some trouble, I could whip out Anthony’s fake ID and see what the fuss is with his sock drawer. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Normally Fang would come over and my dad would throw on some mood music and my mom would whip up the eggnog and, while she was at it, a couple presents for my friend. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I think of what it must be like to recover from a whipping in midsummer, with the searing heat and the tepid water from the tap. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The day after I won an important regional tournament, the window encased a fresh sheet cake with whipped- cream frosting and red script saying, “Congratulations, Waverly Jong, Chinatown Chess Champion.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been carted here and carted there, and put out of this town, and put out of that town, and stuck in the stocks, and whipped and worried and drove. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

"That squid prince catches hold o' me, they'll strip it off my back with a whip." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She grabs my arm and gives me a roller whip. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Reports showed that at the behest of contractors, inmates were sometimes punished for poor work and that some contractors were even allowed to brandish the whip. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the cellblock was occupied, whippings were administered in an area of the ground floor called the Flogging Post. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She enters the room and whips the dirty sheets off the bed. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He stripped me out of them, and into another pair, quick as a whip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At this moment the man on the box whipped up his horses and the van moved out of the yard at a smart trot. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

With my teeth, I pull the hair tie off my wrist and whip my head back up, hoping that the redness is gone. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe she wasn’t tough enough to whip Mr. Griswald, but she could drive a dump truck and operate a bulldozer as good as any man. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I rolled over and reached for the whip. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I have no memory of how we got out of church and into the parsonage next door, but in that overstuffed parlor, Bailey and I received the whipping of our lives. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Behind you, Lee,” Hester said, and he whipped around, diving, as an arrow hissed over his shoulder. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still rainy, and a cold, stiff wind was whipping downstream. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“King,” he says, and I whip my head up. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

During those struggle meetings they beat her and whipped her with their belts. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down like lashing whips fell a torrent of black rain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“This morning,” he says, “at the whipping, you were—” “Hey, leave the poor man be.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I thought I got whipped because I shouldn’t have been fighting.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

There was a tap on her shoulder and Sosie whipped around, ready to fight. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Wind and engine fumes whipped across his face. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The Demeter cabin had whipped up a whole buffet in the hotel kitchens—everything from pizza to pineapple ice cream. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I whipped up some more mixtures, experimenting with the percentages. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it was late into the night and I had pulled my sisters out of bed on a spy mission that wasn’t worth a whipping. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Your papa’s going to be worried about you. Dont you reckon you’ll get a whipping for not coming straight home with that bread?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the whip for a moment wondering whether it was like the one Weylin had used on Rufus years before. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They felt the air whip past their faces, flinging their hair back and pressing on their eyeballs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Flames crawled up the walls and ceiling, casting off billowing black smoke and the whip of sparks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And though they might not be shackled or whipped like slaves, their lives were completely controlled by the terrifying overseers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“VISERION7” He snapped the whip in the air with a crack that echoed off the blackened walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“She’s as tough as old whip leather and might just crack some sense into your dad.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His maxim was, Behave well or behave ill, it is the duty of a master occasionally to whip a slave, to remind him of his master’s authority. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Four people, just like that, whip by me on bikes, exposing swollen calves emerging from rolled-up pants. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It would be as degrading as being publicly whipped. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She bent to read the card, and whipped around. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It snorted and stamped and whipped its head back and forth, trying to pull itself free, but it was trapped. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have seen whippings where at the end they are flogging a corpse. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Every truck that whips past gives her a near-death experience. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When the Southern California ministers were really whipping their congregations into a froth, they would get rolling on the subject of “the Road to Hell,” a byway that ran south from San Diego. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s girls in hijab and girls with their hair whipping across their faces and girls with shaved heads. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

More serious infractions, or a blatant disregard of Klan warnings, resulted in beatings, whippings, and, occasionally, lynchings. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

This is an angry, dangerous sea, whipped up by the onshore wind. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were an opinionated, high- energy bunch, and best of all, as far as Katherine was concerned, they were all as smart as whips. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I flinched at the crack of the coachman’s whip, my swollen throat tightening uncontrollably. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was either shoot or bust wide open, so I whipped my gun up to my shoulder. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll be whipped for reading something that doesn’t even make any sense. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

One time I got a whipping from a warrior right outside our hut, and my mom did nothing to interfere. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on the stone bench beneath the pennant pole where I’d been whipped. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I stumble, freaked out, whipping my head around and trying to focus on the red exit door or the ground or anything. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It must be windy too, because Beth’s hair keeps whipping around her face. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Wind whips his thin jacket like a sail. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” said Auntie, “you stay out late one more time, it be your fault or no, and your auntie go whip you from here to Cap Haitien.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they found me guilty of intentionally harming Ambrose, I would be whipped and expelled from the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He could have heard us coming last Tuesday the way the prairie grass sang as we whipped through it. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

With each crack of the whip I make a new promise to the Lord Almighty. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’d stood on the outside, looking in, on my way home from school, It had a soda fountain and jars of lemon drops, licorice whips, and candy buttons. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I told him we could both whip ours out and see which one was bigger. He declined.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

While the grown-ups were all yelling, and the other kids were making themselves sick on doughnuts, I whipped out my Army knife screwdriver and took off the doorknob. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They lashed their whips at Annabeth while she waved her knife and yelled in Ancient Greek, telling them to back off. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There are grasslands filled with endless purple flowers whipping by our windows. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“When I was a child,” Theodora said lazily, “—‘many years ago,’ Doctor, as you put it so tactfully—I was whipped for throwing a brick through a greenhouse roof. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Moss whipped his head toward this vulture, but his mother beat him to the punch. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The wind picked up then, and the dry dirt whipped up from the ground and passed over them in a cloud. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A slave caught on the road, alone, without a pass, would be whipped. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you’re going to have to whip her sick again to get what you want from her!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He said nothing, and then the waiter arrived and whipped away the vase and the sprawling flowers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The wind gusted over her, whipping her hair around her face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a turkey strayed, a man would snap a long whip around its neck and pull it back in line. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Dusty, who usually was the first thing to whip out the door, simply lifted his head, then rested it once more on his paws. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It cracked like a whip above my head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Many families left the camp, to search for relatives or to hide in the bush from the Nigerian soldiers who were coming with whips. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But not to be undone, Drew whips it over to Towering Todd for an easy layup.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

After all, a boy just doesn’t whip his dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd been dreaming happily of his ragged but carefree life before he'd been plucked from the streets and sewers of the city to serve as royal whipping boy. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Adarlan could take their freedom, it could destroy their lives and beat and break and whip them, it could force them into ridiculous contests, but, criminal or not, they were still human. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the intersection, a man was beating a dog with a stick like the man who was beating the horse with a whip in Raskolnikov’s dream. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The crackdown in 12 after I intervened in Gale’s whipping. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The baby’s tiny head flew at the dashboard with a great whipping motion, missing it by a millimeter. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I whip my head around, but I’m too late. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Forgive me! Don't trouble yourself, my good and loyal Prince. And get yourself another whipping boy." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The occasional solo of the whip added to the symphony of brutality Adarlan had created for its greatest criminals, poorest citizens, and latest conquests. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But the only times she whipped him were for swimming off the pier in Turner Station. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I gasped and the officer whipped the flat side of the blade across Father’s face. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flag was whipping in the wind, and I could hear the white noise of traffic in the distance, but it was otherwise quiet, the cicadas and crickets silenced by the cold. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She spins, holding both whips high in the air. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Before Mr. Flux recovered, the stranger scrambled to his feet, whipping his head around, startled and confused. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The wind was blowing harder, whipping the treetops back and forth. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby whipped her again and pulled her to her feet. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, I dreaded the whipping the teachers meted out, without exception, day in and day out, to all who violated the school’s strict code of discipline. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry saw his bald tail whip through the manacle on Ron’s outstretched arm and heard a scurrying through the grass. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

On top of the fridge stood tonight’s pudding: a huge mound of whipped cream and sugared violets. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Like people in history didn’t have whipped cream until a company started selling canisters that squirt out runny foam. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Before any of the soldiers can point a gun in our direction, I whip out one of my knives and hold it close to the man's throat. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Finally, for dessert, dark chocolate mousse layered with fresh raspberry coulis and topped with a dollop of whipped cream. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad became really angry, and he not only whipped Chester but took away his learner’s permit for three whole months. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean real whipped cream or that horrible, prepared-mix, fake whipped cream?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Susan would wake up, furious, and reach for the whip she kept on a little shelf behind her bed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped forward, whipped a napkin away from me, then threw it on the floor. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Pedro Tercero remembered him as an angry giant with a snakeskin whip and a silver cane, at whose step the tenants trembled and whose thunderous voice and feudal arrogance made all of nature quake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quicker than lightning her mother appeared, her long red curls whipping around her as Fox grabbed Seven’s cape off her with ease and precision and used it to block the spell. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The tops of the trees were whipping in the wind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Definitely a close second to the whipping scene. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Before I’d even had a chance to cry out, a hand whipped around from behind and pressed something sharp to my throat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I had to step off to the side quickly because the plants sprang back like a bow, whipping me in the face if I did not move fast enough. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I faced the wall as I slipped off my hoodie and whipped on the closest dress in one fluid motion. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Tats whips her head and stares at them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I’m going to make her whip you good. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Dad gave up, and it was quiet except for the sound of our feet crunching on the sand and rocks and the wind whipping off the desert. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit, like any prey animal, was hard-wired to bound forward at the whip’s brush over his hindquarters, a simulation of a predator’s grasp. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He scared of that whipping from his mama or his pops. You got a pops, Clay Bird?” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Heaven knew what kind of infection you could get from a whip kept limber with oil and blood. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A hand whipped out and slapped the man’s face, knocking his glasses to the floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He smiled, and the whip snaked down at the pyre, hissing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Suspension cords whipped around, and I skidded halfway back to Manhattan. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” Britten said, whipping out a handkerchief and wiping his forehead. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph was confused, but he was distracted by the wind whipping down the street and the cold water seeping into his shoes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn’t he?” said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered by on horseback, with a flourish of his whip as he passed. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids whip around in fast circles high into the air and back down again. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"You're the worst whipping boy I ever had! How come you never bawl?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Guests and servants standing around us, silent as they witnessed these cruel solemnities, Lord Cheldthorpe’s valet and his footman took turns whipping us with the rod. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She jerked her legs away from him instantly, whipping her bottom around. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The soldiers on shore laughed at their fright, and the sailors on board beat them with their whips. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our uncle had only whipped us once before and then only with a peach-tree switch, so maybe now he was going to kill my brother. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walks toward his bunk, but at the last second, he whips around and shoves me against a wall, a hand on each of my shoulders. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The whip annoyed him more than it hurt him, she had come to see; his scales had grown harder than horn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I yelled and whipped them till I gave clear out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a piece of warm sweet potato pie with some white fluffy stuff called whipped cream swopped all over the top of it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Without saying another word, my mom whipped out her phone and started texting furiously. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She also asked him, through pointing and signs, to tell her the words for “chain” and “whip” and “shackle.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind whips around their ears, turning their faces cold. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice is sweet and makes me think of whipped cream, which reminds me that I was too upset to eat lunch today and could use some food. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I lugged my bike out of the garage and sped down the sidewalk, whipped by the breeze in the blistering sun. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When he ran out of high school kids to whip, he took on Pete and thirteen other college runners in a two-mile race at Compton. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I could park the car, whip through two or three stores as needed, pick up a burrito bowl, and be back at my desk inside sixty minutes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Like a whipping with a lash of flames. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to whip around again for an even heavier slam. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Rings shall vanish from our noses, And the harness from our back, Bit and spur shall rust forever, Cruel whips no more shall crack. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Amelia whips her phone out and types the title into a web browser. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dante just shook his head and chuckled at the nerve of the tough little guy with the powerful whip kick. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of the dull pain of a winter strap, there were these new green switches that lost their sting long after the whipping was over. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

To see him get whipped by my little boy Perry was more than she could take. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon plunged his hand into the flames, grabbed a fistful of the burning drapes, and whipped them at the dead man. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Once Vonetta began performing the history, not even the threat of a whipping from Big Ma could stop her, especially with Ma Charles egging her on. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Then he took down a strap from the wall, and he whipped Laura with the strap. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched me for a while, urging me on, literally cracking the whip. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his drawer, whipped out a prescription pad and an eyeglasses case. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When we were only about ten feet away, she whipped out a green hose and aimed it at us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I drew back the whip to bring it down once more, but several pairs of hands seized me midswing, took the whip, wrenched me back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Celaena whipped the staff through the air, hoping to catch him upon his unprotected neck. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I could scold them a little, but I could no more have whipped one of them than I could have kissed a girl. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leading boy, the handle of the whip, started off at a trot, weaving to the left and to the right, increasing speed until the whip of flesh was curving at breakneck gallop. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Howard whipped some papers out of his backpack and thrust them at her, grinning. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind, and as we drove away Tom was feeling the hot whips of panic. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“And you can start by whipping us up one of your slap-yo’-mama dinners.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Matter fact, how ’bout you whip up some of that Matt Miller magic sauce to go with it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Head Peacekeeper wipes his hand along the length of the whip, splattering us with blood. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

During a pie supper one night, he wanted to bet a dime that he could whip me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even his horse had understood and borne Golden Gray along with just a touch or two of the whip. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long, thin lizard tongue whipped the necklace and disappeared back into the shadow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The image continues to shift, this time into a young girl on her knees before a man with a whip. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She whips out these little snippets of random information, just to show off what an Involved Mom she is. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The young Master Derby carried a small whip, and he used it liberally to make Noah work faster. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tore my eyes away from the shape below and whipped my head around. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Worked hard and rarely forced the bosses to raise the whip. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hannon sits up on the left side of the float and flicks the whip to show where I’m to sit on the right side. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He felt that he was living upon a high pinnacle where bracing winds whipped about him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Coiled like a snake, the whip was made of leather. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie whipped a toast wedge that struck me below my eye. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was leaning against the building with his feet levitating in the air, his leopard-skin warm-up suit and black hair whipping around in the wind. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“What on earth do you use whips for?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

If Rabia were here, she’d walk right up to them, hands on hips, long braid swishing like a whip from under her hijab, and tell them to knock it off. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

To my right, the zip line snaps, the wire cord whipping back and shattering the windows below me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Branches tangled his feet and whipped at his eyes, grey-green needles scattered as he shouldered through them, snapping. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was trying to twist it thick enough to use it as a whip, but Irene had that figured out. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

For that song to be popular you have to know how to do the whip and the nae nae; new music works at parties only if people know how to dance to it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then turning toward the door, blinded by water and light, Ben spit back, “Yeah, Dad, and this little girl just whipped you good.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a tradition in the neighborhood that if a child reported that he had been whipped in school, he would receive a second homewhipping because he had not behaved in school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chuck Muckle whipped off his shades and eyed the patrolman dubiously. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hose flew out of the Jackboots’ hands and whipped wildly about like a sliced worm. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Assembly after assembly had broken up in laughter when someone had leaned too far back and the log had whipped and thrown half a dozen boys backwards into the grass. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Desperate, he flung himself over Rosemont’s neck, booting and whipping and screaming, “Faster, baby, faster!” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park turned to walk away from the house, but the little brown truck whipped too fast into the driveway, jumping the curb and nearly clipping him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The sailor holding the whip nodded, pointed to her, and jabbered some words as he hopped up and down. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the backseat of the Wildcat, awaiting a whipping. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He gave the whip a flick, releasing all of the cables, and heard the others scream as the strands retracted. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She whipped her bird’s nest hair about, a vicious headshake that sent dust and bugs airborne. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"You're lucky that he wants to teach you to be a good boy. If it were me, I would have whipped you!" A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Brer Fox stood tall, his good ear flicking and his head whipping left and right as he sniffed the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The front hatch had come all the way open, whipped up by the jib sail when the wind hit it, and every time they took a wave, water poured into the hatch opening. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bucks her head, her knotted blonde hair whipping at her back as she cries out, a keening, animal wail. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t mind moving in with Dimple,” Rishi said, laughing, and everyone whipped their heads around to look at him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Michael tries to play it cool, whipping off his name fast, but Aimee’s tongue curls around the corner of her mouth as she writes. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Shady whipped out five glasses and filled them with sarsaparilla. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Samuel wrapped the lines around a stick stuck in the whip socket, and Doxology stumbled on down the rutty road. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Junior was a rotund little man with a cherubic face, who was as smart as a whip and liked all over the town. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of the constant slamming on brakes, this cabbie was just speeding, whipping around corners, swerving in and out of traffic, doing his best not to hit the brakes at all! The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The easterners believed they still had one horse that could whip the Howards’ “plater.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The questions propelled me forward, whipping through the cold forest, dodging branches. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Miles whipped around, yelling at them in rapid German. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Maddie asked, whipping a throw around her shoulders and tying it at the hollow of her throat. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It isn’t oppression if you get whipped for what your sisters do and don’t do. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He caught the cat and—live on TV—he kicked it and stomped it and beat it to death with a sjambok, a hard leather whip. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In desperation, I even take the desserts out of their glass display case and freshen them up with whipped cream and bright new maraschino cherries; anything to look busy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got my whipping from Papa, and my shaming from Mama to the point I tried to duck out of sight whenever I heard her coming. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He and Señor Diaz stepped inside the shop, which sold items that charros might buy such as jackets, ruffled shirts, whips, and elegant riding boots. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Victoria had a difficult childhood: She said she was “worked like a slave” and “whipped like a convict.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The zebra’s attempts at self-preservation only whipped the hyena into a frenzy of snarling and biting. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It whipped her head back and whistled in her ears. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have stood for a few moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lemoncello whipped off the beret and tugged on an Ohio State Buckeyes baseball cap. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The wisdom is what you’re supposed to remember long after the sting of the whipping became a memory. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

All traces of the whipped cream have disappeared. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness Big Ma was in a talking mood instead of a whipping mood. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Advice too: “Don’t let this whip you. Rose. You got us, Rose Dear. Think of the young ones, Rose. He ain’t give you nothing you can’t bear, Rose.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let them fiddle with their phones as I stirred the dduk mixture, allowing my muscles to whip the flour and sugar water into a sweet, chewy mass of luck. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“And be sure to get out at the right grate. “The right what?” said Harry nervously as the fire roared and whipped George out of sight, too. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

On December 22 American soldiers on patrol spotted Honeyman, a big man with a cattle whip in his hand. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto whipped out his notepad jotting that down, another deduction—and maybe one more maneuver—came to mind. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“This day I’m going to give you the whipping some man ought to have given you long ago,” he vowed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep count,” the Nazi with the whip told me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tensed, like a spring about to whip back, and then he shot into the air. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The broad wings went through a final incensed salvo and then quit whipping Bernabe’s aching body, and somehow the hole in the neck, bubbling blood, released a last defiant scrawk. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The distress I sensed in her voice was as sharp and painful as the lash of a whip on my flesh. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eternally crying girl sprinkled powdered chocolate over the whipped cream. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was a great roar from the motorbike, and Harry felt the sidecar give a nasty lurch: He was rising through the air fast, his eyes watering slightly, hair whipped back off his face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Buttercup was talking very fast: “Was he stabbed?...Did he drown?...Did they cut his throat asleep?...Did they wake him, do you suppose?...Perhaps they whipped him dead....” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It whipped into my eyes and swirled around my head and…. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She cowed the black one with a whip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He whipped round and looked at me as I sat there huddled on the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Some people he dismissed, some he ordered fined, or whipped, or set in the stocks, or held for a higher court. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Black Guard will be all over me if they hear I’ve taken a whipping for a Scholar drudge. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Loose strands of black hair whipped around her pale face; there were spots of red on her wind-roughened cheeks. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My memory of a field hand being whipped suddenly seemed to have no place here with me at home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The whip grew taut as human flesh and bone could bear and I felt that my arm was being torn from its socket. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama believed her instead of me, and Papa whipped me good. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She was staring into an endless wall of whirling, whipping, roiling snow. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

On the very first play he whipped a no-look to Mong’s man, who cut through the lane for a finger roll over the rim. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Auntie told them she would whip them if they didn’t stay away from that place, because there were snakes around there and they might fall in. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop whipped the cloth from his shirt pocket again, like a magician does before turning it into a bird. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was April, and outside in the dark the rain whipped against the windows of our tavern, making a sound like muffled drums. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a medallion belt and painted vest, with an arakh on one hip and a whip on the other. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He wipes a dab of whipped cream from his mouth. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The old man cracked his whip, the horses strained—and the coach rolled up out of the bog. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He began to stalk toward her, snowflakes whipping around him in a mad frenzy. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He whipped around to see the lady who’d ordered them beaten, and almost burned her with the end of his torch. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A whip lashed across her shoulder as she gazed around the ship, and she was quickly jolted back to reality. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a sec, Aunt Heidi,” I say, and whip the plaid tent off over my head and avoid looking too close at my soft body in the hard light. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Henry was cleaning it with a spray can of whipped cream. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The wind and snow had howled around them, whipping the trees as well as their faces. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He lashed at Cathy’s legs with the buggy whip, and when she stood quietly staring at him with calm cold eyes he lost his temper. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They whipped the wind around us and stirred up a storm of dirt and sand. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A public whipping's a rare thing in District 12, although occasionally one occurs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My mother must not find me and whip me for what I had done. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, to whip them into shape, I’m gonna have to get down and dirty. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Their crime was bad enough, but the lies proved an evil that not even the whip could remove. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She whipped her head around, feeling her hair swing. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For the first Saturday morning that I could remember, Malcolm wasn’t in the kitchen whipping up something green and stinking to infuse our brains with oxygen and steep our bodies in trace minerals. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

At last, sometime after one o’clock, a white smock billowed off the trolley and whipped into the garage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times INS helicopters fly too low, whip up waves, and swamp inner tubes, riders and all. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

As I watch them, I think of a tale taught me by Dr. Trefusis in those days following my first whipping, when he tutored me upon antique slavery and its discontents. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton’s ice-blonde hair is whipping side to side, and she’s popping her neck and snapping her fingers all up in Mrs. Caldwell’s face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The overseer prowls nearby, mounted on horseback, a rawhide whip fastened to his saddle. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

From there it would be easy for them—these little stones, the fallen leaves and the whipped branches, the scuffed places where a foot had slipped. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he found her missing, he would shout and threaten to whip the bloody hide off her, but she was not afraid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Most battles consisted of lightning guerrilla raids by ad hoc companies in the forest: flash of black-and- yellow-striped bows behind trees, hiss and whip of stone-tipped arrows through the air, eruption of angry cries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Carla turned and fled down the street, her bookbag banging against her leg like a whip she was using to make herself go faster, faster. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The stinging whip of hives lashed my neck. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Reek had been whipped and racked and cut, but there was no pain half so excruciating as the pain that followed flaying. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You come crying back soon enough,” said Gabriel, with malevolence, “soon as they whip your butt up there four or five times.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Pollard told Smith that the whip, used so liberally by Fitzsimmons, had to be put away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I whip my head around to see who made the last comment and am not surprised to see it’s one of the obnoxious boys wearing a red Make America Great Again hat. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Violent gusts of wind whipped at their faces. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s that the cherry on top of your ice cream sundae has dyed the whipped cream pink and you wanted it perfectly white? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

A shot echoes like the lash of a whip and she falls. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She ignores me and whips her flashlight in the other direction. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

That sure ’nough is a gentle way of putting it when one man done killed another one with a whip.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

As I was deep into the Heart of Stone, all I felt was a slight analytical curiosity about what it would be like to be publicly whipped. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He glared icily at the whipping boy who had seized his royal title. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And are you taking pleasure from this whipping you’re giving yourself? Are you enjoying your despair?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And it was forbidden to spank, thrash, cuff, smack, or whip a prince. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Four scims whip out of their scabbards, eight bows notch, and all are pointed at me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The boat whipped up the wave’s face to the crest and hung there nose-down like a pendant before it dropped. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The branches above her shuddered and whipped from side to side, as though the tree were angry for the damage that had been done to it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

So, just as Jeffrey looked up — there’s nothing he enjoys more than watching me get a good lecture — I whipped off the cap. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hitched up his pants, pulled on his boots, threw his rifle over his shoulder, and grabbed his riding whip from the wall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whips slashed across the backs of the remaining slaves once more, as if those still alive had to pay for the loss of the two who had died. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She whips around and looks over her shoulder in the mirror. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When her daddy found out she was with a child, she had a whipping coming sure enough. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next moment he and his four men were in the store-shed with whips in their hands, lashing out in all directions.This was more than the hungry animals could bear. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He shows off the fancy rod and reel that whipped the fish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The noise never let up: car horns, bicycle bells and the cracking of whips combined to produce a deafening bewildering clamour, amid which is was impossible to heed every warning sound. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind whips the snow into blinding swirls but doesn’t block out the sound of another wave of boots headed our way. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Anyway, my dad said that running “those puppy- whipping lowlifes” out of the islands was worth the legal hassle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Where are we going?” he asked, but his voice was whipped away by the wind. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He laughed, “While my dog is whipping yours, I think I’ll just work you over a little.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion saw a slave being whipped, blow after blow, until his back was nothing but blood and raw meat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Attached to the woman’s belt was a curled whip. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Though she tried to forget it, the sound of the whip still snapped in her ears. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

An American flag, stark and lonely against the violet sky, whipped back and forth on the brass flagpole. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I crack the door open and peek out, and Mom whips her head up. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The creature blinked hard and whipped its head around. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She cracked her whip before her, at the dog’s feet and chest, at his head. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried several times, but somehow I couldn’t I wasn’t scared of him, for he never whipped me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard his name, Will whipped back around. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The Nightbeast whipped its head in the Cursed Toads’ direction and let out an angry breath. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Every time Tool spoke, his words were like a whip, lashing her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed harder, heard him yelp like a whipped puppy, then I dropped him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Weylin called her a good breeder, and he never whipped her. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A frigid wind whipped up and down the streets like it was racing itself somewhere. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“But it’s just not the way we do things in Chattana. The boy needs to come with me. Don’t worry: I’ll make sure he isn’t whipped.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Not much. ’Bout much as old Marse Tom whipped you that time.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

His daddy would take him to the garage and whip him with a rubber hose-pipe trying to beat the girl out a that boy until I couldn’t stand it no more. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She whipped her sword around in a figure-eight pattern, then smoothly replaced it in the scabbard on her back. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Arms pumping, whipping the air out of my way like water. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And I swore—and I didn’t swear—if Big Ma was whipping my legs with her lightning strap, I wouldn’t have felt a lick. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I center myself—take a deep, calming breath, reminded of the one thing I have in common with Indiana Jones besides proficiency with a whip. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As his head whips back, I stand and draw my scim, resting the point on his rib cage between the plates of his armor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Late the next morning, Jam was twisting her hair in her bedroom, smearing whipped shea butter on her palms and applying it in sections while soca music played over her speakers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I whipped the sugar bowl out from behind my back. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to urge the boat faster, but the slaves are already rowing furiously, the captain’s whip at their backs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Shorty whips the rubber apron off my neck and blots my hair and neck dry. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whips had little ball bearings at the end, intensifying the pain and damage. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He could see a spiderweb of faint thin lines across her back where someone had whipped her. .. she is beautiful, so... so beautiful.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My instinctive reaction was to cover my backside before the next stroke could hit, so the second crack of the whip fell across my hands. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“You know why you got whipped, don’t you?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They told him to use his judgment on strategy, but to give Seabiscuit two swats with his whip, once at the top of the stretch and once seventy yards from the wire. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the whole town whipped out their Saint Springfield cards whenever it was most convenient, Ma never did. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When whipped, I hadn’t cried out or bled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dirty Deed said, “Now don’t let that horn whip you, son.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The cut wasn’t particularly deep— painful and messy, but less serious than when I’d been whipped. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Big Anthony was whipped for the duration of their meal, and they ate slow. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A man leaped up from the ravine when the wagon was midway across the bridge and, running up beside the team, laid a long whip across the backs of the horses. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might as well whip out my heart and set it on the table for the boys to examine. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He meant to whip her and put her in one of the rooms at the inn, whip her and move her to another town, and so on until she was of no use any more. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That same crackling line whipped down over the plastic, causing it to smoke and warp under its heat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The white curtain that divides my bed from the next patient’s whips back, and Johanna Mason stares down at me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Wind whips my damp skin and hair, chilling me even though the air isn’t cold. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

One skinny black hand whipped out and cracked against Red's jaw. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They whipped up into the sky and flew toward the lord and his servants like a swarm of mosquitoes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Before I could respond, Grigori’s whip leaped forward like a meadow adder. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The kapos cracked their whips and made us all get back to work, but soon we heard explosions in the distance. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He runs back to his car and comes back with a brown whip twisted around his fist. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It whips my dark hair around my shoulders, the strands lashing against my cheekbones. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The snowflakes had turned to ice, and the pellets whipped against her face. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

There were only three of those, and these winged hags didn’t carry whips. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"They whip you and make everyone else watch," says Rue. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, she insisted that Kermit swallow a concoction she whipped up for his throat. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ran outside with the wind from the blades tearing down on us from just above the trees, whipping our plain white nightgowns into a froth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the photo and the book, Scoob’s thoughts are whipping around faster than a load of clothes in their front-loading washer during the spin cycle, something he typically loves watching but is queasy about now. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

In doing so, he establishes that the ring is his territory, not theirs, a notion that he reinforces by shout­ing, by stomping about, by snapping his whip. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the window he heard some jaybirds swirl shrieking past and away, their cries whipping away along the wind, and an automobile passed somewhere and died away also. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Branches whipped at my face and cut it, and vines and tree trunks caught at my feet and tripped me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The manager and sheriff whip around when she reaches them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A willow branch whipped over the water, then plunged into it where the magistrate had disappeared. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Thundering hooves beat the frozen ground, faster and faster as the rider whipped the horse. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I think I knew now that I had followed Narciso and that I stood with the wind whipping at my back because I had expected to hear my brother’s name called. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flicked a whip at them and yelled: ‘Hi, you! Get up!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Milo’s office was a barbershop, and his deputy mayor was a pudgy barber from whose obsequious lips cordial greetings foamed as effusively as the lather he began whipping up in Milo’s shaving cup. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The wind had risen and was whipping up the snow in frozen imitations of dust devils, but the night sky was clear and black, with thousands of stars spread in unfamiliar constellations overhead. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They were three tortured spirits led by three women who drove them with whips. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caesar had seen Cora stripped naked for her whippings, the blood pouring over her skin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The parasail whipped sideways in the wind and Dauntless heeled with the sudden shifting drag. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The trees plunged and bent like grasses, and the whipped water raised a cream of foam. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were caught, the eleven runaways would be whipped and sold South, but she—she would probably be hanged. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leafie got busy and whipped up huge batches of sagebrush tea. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then Big Ma gave a look to Pa. The same “mark my words” look that she gave when he spared me from the whipping rod. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The train is rattling along, we whip past Jason and Jess’s place, they pass in a blur of evening sunshine. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re probably afraid that Marine kids would whip up on Air Force kids.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spray whipped across the bow as the boat surged into the waves. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I never wanted Daddy to whip you. But hell, don’t you know you got off easy! He didn’t hurt you nearly as much as he’s hurt others.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

"You should get a whip. Then if your slave doesn't dig fast enough, you can crack it across his back." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He was capable of killing a fly on the wheeler’s butt with a bull whip without touching the mule. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of men being whipped as they struggled to move carts prompted consternation among a legislative committee convened to examine the prison in 1832, with particular attention to the system’s harsher aspects. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of the previously empty arena, a swirling tornado of stone gray and loamy black whipped up gusts of frigid air and threw stinging clouds of arena dirt into Anya’s face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hard to believe Biddy didn’t take a whipping stick to folks that look at her that way all the time. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But her head's whipping from side to side, and I know for a moment she's at least considering I'm telling the truth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Their heads whip from side to side, as if they’ve just heard astonishing news. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She whipped her head around, terrified of finding Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She whips around, squinting as she peers into the audience. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I whip my head around to see if anyone is listening. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

If you told him he wasn’t being fair, he would whip you for talking back. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

His trembling hands whipped pastry cream as light as a shroud. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"You don't need my whipping boy to get into the castle. There's a better way." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“To talk you into going to him quietly, and to tell you you’d be whipped this time if you resist.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Grand High Witch whipped round as though someone had stuck a skewer into her bottom. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Spot is rushing at the windows, barking at the wind whipping our house. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I must say that I admired the efficiency with which she whipped the material back and forth under the massive electric needle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the trestle, a brisk breeze had whipped up, and the tracks seemed to soar across the sky. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I heard the promise of a whipping behind that kind of hush. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then he stripped a branch off the tree, a switch, and started whipping him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It sparks wildly, streaks of electricity whipping out from it in every direction. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby, as if returning from another place, shook his head and coiled the whip. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doubted the ghosts would wait while she whipped out Daedalus’s laptop and did a search. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He whipped out a ballpoint pen, scribbled rapidly on the back of the contract. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Spindrift whipping off the crests of breaking waves freezes into sleet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Still nobody was whipping any one on the Western front. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

In the next room, we could hear somebody getting whipped. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped quickly, his skinny arms and legs whipping him forward with almost boneless ease. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He carried a whip and wore those long robes. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One tug and I was whipped across the ground. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Far worse was the lashing Connelly gave her the next morning under the pitiless boughs of the whipping tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“What you are about to see,” Spoon said with maximum drama, whipping off his sunglasses, “must forever remain with us.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Prince Brat's mouth fell wide open at the whipping boy's nervy mischief. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo had never even seen cake, let alone tasted it, and he’d been whipped for eating windfall apples that were more worm than fruit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

By nine o’clock Darling had eaten a raw egg and half a pint of whipped cream by herself. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bullock cringed, but accepted the torment and as soon as the whip fell it began to pull again. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stocks, whipping posts, and this, the remains of the gallows. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I knew I was in for a whipping. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter if the current whips all around and sends my tentacles off in some random direction, my eyes are always right side up. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I was too afraid to splash water or even to cry and take a chance of drowning out Bailey’s pleas for help, but the pleas never came and the whipping was finally over. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam whipped her head around to the creature. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

That was all that remained of that whip of a tail. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“The lazy brutes, I’ll show them,” he cried, preparing to lash out at them with the whip. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ess heard the voice in the wind, whipped her head around, and saw Jinny, but she didn’t wave or respond, only kept on climbing. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Every time he waffled, though, Lydia would whip out her phone or her laptop and show him the steadily increasing number of views, comments, and likes “Dearly” had. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

At the sound of a whip, her head snapped to the side. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Tail fins whipped the water into pink froth. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Found some newspaper and wrapped up the paper money and papers and thrust them in and whipped over the open end with her needle. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The reporter came out of the chair and whipped completely around in a circle. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

That night, wind whipped through the holler in relentless surges, howling through the trees and rattling windowpanes. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah, smart guy? I’ve seen the sucker’s bones. Cut in half like a knife through whipped cream. They keep him in a box to remind future kids not to be so stupid.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The water struck me like a stinging whip, and I was sure it would knock me down. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jackie was no sycophant or whipping boy, as he’s been described by other writers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He could be urging me along with a whip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I ate blackberries from thorny whips that reminded me of barbed wire. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

If any halted, one of the riders would trot up and give him a lick of the whip to get him moving again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

The strands of rain fell brutally from the sky, whipping us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In his time, my lord could line them up, all twelve, at intervals like a ship’s ribbing; then he’d back away a long way off and whip an arrow through. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could literally smell his sweat, hear every ragged breath, every cry, every cut of the whip. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Father Olufemi still had his back to them, but his voice cracked through the quiet like a whip. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Being able to whip her reassured him in possession. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But even as it fell it swung its whip, and the thongs lashed and curled about the wizard’s knees, dragging him to the brink. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Aunt Loma’s heart was down on a level with Mr. Angus Tuttle’s, and he had caused me more whippings than I could count. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Jonathan spun about in the doorway just as the rope, still attached to the old Hessian’s ankle, whipped by. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But she just seemed so whipped about it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She whipped her head to look at him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The wind whipped Lissa’s hair around her face, and she hunched her shoulders against the cold. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Three times Sam struck with all his force, and at last one single cord of all the countless cords snapped and twisted, curling and whipping through the air. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her back was soon a patchwork of welts from being whipped when she could not keep up with the rest. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she had been whipped like a cur dog, and run off down a back road after things. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of smashing into the Hermes statue, I whipped around it, circling the rope under its arms. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Dragon Sighs were strong, whipping past in sudden bursts, and it was so warm I considered removing my coat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They revived me, only to whip me some more. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cracked the whip again, at Mr. Rudyard’s feet, then at his knees, then at his hand where he held the dog, then at his shoulders. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind gusted, whipping the man’s hair into Mark’s face and rippling through their clothes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The old dog leaned against her and whipped his tail against her black stockings, happy to be in contact with a human being again. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have known him to cut and slash the women’s heads so horribly, that even master would be enraged at his cruelty, and would threaten to whip him if he did not mind himself. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mom heard that warrior whip me, but she never said a thing about it. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It raised the whip, and the thongs whined and cracked. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He hands me the whip too but you never need the whip with this horse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not bothering to hide his progress, he pushed aside branches as he walked, letting them whip back to position when he passed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And now he was whipping through the grass, which had become a green blur, hanging on with all his strength as the quad carried him back toward the footpath. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

We headed slowly down the wheelchair ramp, the wind whipping at us and the rain attacking from all sides. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She told him I was a lamb of God and it was a pure accident, so he didn’t whip me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaira ordered a double cappuccino and asked for whipped cream on top. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Farmers developed techniques such as locking animals inside pens and cages, bridling them in harnesses and leashes, training them with whips and cattle prods, and mutilating them. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With a tuft on the end! It coils up under his clothes and unfurls like a whip.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The whip was in his voice again, every word a stroke. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The driver took the bill, touched the butt of his whip to the rim of his plug hat and shook the horse’s reins. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The way that wind is whipping the sound through this timber,” the judge said, “we’d be lucky if we ever found them.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm lashes us, out of the confusion of grey and yellow the hail of splinters whips forth the child-like cries of the wounded, and in the night shattered life groans painfully into silence. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the refrigerator open, then a long spray of whipped cream. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I whip around to face the room and find it empty. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But when occasionally Mama said to whip Mary Toy, why that was something else entirely. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I work for a living! I’m asleep by nine o’clock every night, and I—and I—” Jack whips his baseball cap off again. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He accompanied him to the local hotel, where he waited with his whip in one hand and his cane in the other while Jean de Satigny packed his bags. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you are in an Ivy League college and a Young Republican tells you that you got in only because of Affirmative Action, do not whip out your perfect grades from high school. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been hankering sweets something awful. My gran used to whip up cakes out of nothing. I figured I could do the same.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The sound of the blow was precise as a whip crack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

She was whipped so often that the back of her neck was covered with scars, crisscrossed with scars, so deep that they would be visible for the rest of her life. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beet sugar was a foreshadowing of what we have today: the Age of Science, in which sweetness is a product of chemistry, not whips. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“He gone whip him till that white boy call him Momma.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leveled McWatt out with another harsh cry and whipped him upward and around again into a ragged blue patch of unpolluted air just as the bombs he had dropped began to strike. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It raised a whip a second time, but the blow never fell. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine Lord Krishna consenting to be stripped naked, whipped, mocked, dragged through the streets and, to top it off, crucified—and at the hands of mere humans, to boot. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My sister will make a lady of you, and no one will ever whip you again.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Great War had whipped a starving, weary population into a murderous frenzy of discontent. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The whole class practiced, again and again, while the guide whipped them up into a whistling frenzy. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The horses were again whipped to a gallop. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The porcupine turned at the instant of his spring, aware of the danger, and with incredible swiftness for such a clumsy-looking animal, spun round, whipping its terrible tail in the dog’s face. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hit a long one out to left field, and then a fast one to the shortstop, who fielded it neatly and whipped it to first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The sun sets behind us and a cool wind whips across my face. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, all Sierra heard was the wind whipping around them as they slid gracefully through the sky. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The quickening, Madeline had called it, as she laid her hands on Mia’s skin—such an old-fashioned euphemism, one that made her think of quicksilver, a lithe little fish whipping about within her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He whipped off his covers, slid out his own bag and was pulling open the window over his bed before I could even get the screwdriver out from between my mattresses. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But I also loved the stories about Moses parting the Red Sea, David slaying Goliath, Jesus whipping the money changers in the temple. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It whips around Mars so fast it actually rises and sets twice a day, running west to east. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It twists and turns past bundles of trees with wet, snowy branches whipping at my face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He offers the honeycomb with one hand and shows the whip with the other. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The whipping boy learned to read, write, and do sums. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes for a second, see the roof whip off the house, reel across the sky. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A few managed to break loose and make a mad dash for freedom, only to be recaptured in no time, admonished or whipped, or both, and ordered to march again. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Which you want? A whipping and no turnips, or turnips and no whippings?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I won't be able to whip something up with tinfoil and gum. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tore a long green branch from the boughs of the tree and whipped Rahim until he bled from his neck and arms and cheeks and ears. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The first time the pony wore the bridle he whipped his head about and worked his tongue against the bit until the blood oozed from the corners of his mouth. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harriet kept hearing about Thomas Sims: That when he reached Savannah he was publicly whipped and then imprisoned for two months. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Line’s whipping out like he’s running clear across the ocean. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The temperature was dropping by the minute, and the wind was whipping up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wound up and whipped his gun over the roof of our house and into the backyard. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Francis’s coat whipped out behind him in theatrical billows; he kept glancing furtively around to see if his inquisitor was anywhere nearby and from time to time he emitted a faint, self-pitying cough. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was a bakery store to one side of it which sold beautiful charlotte russes with red candied cherries on their whipped cream tops for those who were rich enough to buy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, because I had nothing to do before my whipping at noon, I strolled the University aimlessly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You watch your mouth, young lady. I can still whip your butt, and don’t think I won’t.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She begins to pace her office, and her eyes stab into me, warning of whippings and worse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That Helena was whipping up a batch of babka? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As François’s whip backed him up, Buck found it to be cheaper to mend his ways than to retaliate. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood and demonstrated how she’d position the bowl on her hip and whip the spatula. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She whipped around with the Amaretto bottle in her hand. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beaten with whips if they fell, beaten if they failed to keep the pace, they headed slowly away from everything they had once known. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters, seeing Mama crying, puckered up and started bawling- “He needs a whipping,” the oldest one said, “that’s what he needs, scaring Mama that way.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Commandant will whip you for starting a fight. Marcus isn’t worth that.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

No whip could have inflicted a more painful lash. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

François was stern, demanding instant obedience, and by virtue of his whip receiving instant obedience; while Dave, who was an experienced wheeler, nipped Buck’s hind quarters whenever he was in error. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Members of Parliament were being confronted with the reality of slavery, just as audiences at Clarkson’s lectures were when he showed shackles and whips. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

And through the babel he heard cries of: “Whip, whip, the whip!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the boat stopped spinning and hovered in the trough, and my arms stopped whipping around, I was able to put my hand to my chest to unclip my life-vest strap. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not allowed to drink coffee, so I order hot chocolate with whipped cream and sprinkles, even though it’s warm out for November. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I hear the wind whip the rigging against the masts. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sheed snapped his section of rope like a whip, and it lassoed Mr. Flux’s left arm. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When she whipped her silver mare on her right flank the mare went left, for a horse’s first instinct is to flee from danger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Finally the boat made a sharp turn and the Object crossed her wake, whipping along past the shore. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now I’ve got this sickening blend of shock/bewilderment/fear/fury/frustration whipping around in my gut because all I can see is that accursed Carl’s Carnival picture of our unbroken family. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She placed it beside her, picked up the reins and whipped the restive horses into a tired trot. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Brown liquid exploded everywhere, and everyone at that table whipped around to see what was happening. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Same for Mary Anne and Karen. Tell Ben and Matt I can still whip both their tails with one hand tied behind my back.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Pima was dragging him up into the trees, scrambling through the whipping branches and the roar of the storm. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Travis tried to shield his face but one of the whips caught him across the eyes. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He let the whip fall, and the restive mares broke forward at a canter through the town into the open country. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moses’s first whipping for stealing a potato, and his second whipping for idleness, when Connelly had the boy’s wounds washed out with hot pepper until he howled. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Deep inside I knew it wasn’t the whipping I dreaded. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“You can be the best individual oarsmen in the country, but you will be of no service or use to this squad unless you whip up your class efforts. . . . That means study!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Catching Jonathan’s foot, he dragged him back and whipped him upright. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

On top of getting a whipping, my consequence for leaving church to get candy was that besides doing my own chores, I have to do Shirley’s and Jimmie’s, too. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dimblewit whipped around, her face shaking with rage and almost purple now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She laid into the dogs, cracking her whip. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They whipped us and beat us again to herd us into the next room, where showerheads lined the ceiling. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harriet heard him say that he would whip him right then and there, and thus teach him not to run away from his work. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two iron rings had been fastened to the wall; hanging nearby were a number of the whips, known as the cat-o’- nine-tails, and—according to one inmate account—a gag. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind whipped her hair about her face as she drove the black carriage on through the Barrens. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The answer strikes me like a whip when the men finally settle on a price. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She stopped where she was, in the open grassland, with the wind lashing her face and the cloud-shadows racing past her and the tall grasses whipping her thighs, and watched the canopy of the grove. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you both want whipped cream and nuts on your strawberry whirl?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The stealing of her name, like a wind howling out of the north, whipping the syllables away into nothingness. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

At the same time she whipped off her new gloves and thrust one on to each of Maia's hands. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

After a few tries, he was reacting so quickly that he was gone before Smith could wave the whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind whips our hair around our faces, but the bright sun keeps us warm, almost hot. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I’ve said that my mother was the one who whipped me—at least she did whenever she wasn’t ashamed to let the neighbors think she was killing me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would brand their captives with hot irons and break them to the whip before shipping them off across the sea, and these same black stone walls bore witness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Why not just whip out the Copper Key and show it to her? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then, in unison, and on a slow, heavy rhythm, “We— w-ant—the whip,” shouted a group at the end of the line. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, it would be worth a whipping to see Aunt Loma’s face after she heard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I can almost see him slowly uncoiling the whip at his side, relishing the drama and anxiety of the crowd. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Since the whipping, I only see him when he comes to the house for my mother to check how he’s healing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we saw him whipping out his notebook we knew we were going on patrol. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grinning, Damon gave the horse a lick across the rump with his whip, and the old stot whinnied and lurched into motion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Say blacks anyway. But...your father whips black people?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Squelch straddled the Hollow Log like a horse and whipped his own bum with a whippy stick. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The whip was heavy and at least six feet long, and I wouldn’t have used it on anything living. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mister Leefolt say and Baby Girl whip her head around with eyes like she seed a ghost. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I whip it out and tap into my texts, heart skittering in my chest. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The eunuch's cloying tones were gone; now his voice was thin and sharp as a whip. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We’d rolled down the windows, and maps and art paper and cigarette ashes were whipping around our heads. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena screamed as excruciating pain shot down her back, barely heralded by the crack of the whip. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He stood before Snape with his robes whipping around him, and his face was illuminated from below in the light cast by his wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The other students drain out of the courtyard quickly, still discussing the whipping. “—only thirty lashes, what a weakling—” “—did you hear him gasping, like a scared girl—” “Elias.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The wind was whipping off the lake, and she hugged her upper arms and stamped her feet as she waited for the door to open. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, he picked up the whip and began hitting himself again. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the overhead lines were first dragged down by explosions, the cables sparked and whipped like live snakes but the current soon ran out. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted one hand from the steering wheel, whipped it off to one side, and snapped her fingers. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Moss admitted whipping two of the children he adopted, but not any foster children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I began bawling, sensing I was about to be whipped. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still wailing, the Penitentes rose to their feet, stripped off their upper garments and, with knotted whips, began to beat themselves, blow after blow. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the airstrip, the wind whipping his hair across his forehead, Henry fishes inside his jacket for something. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Thistlewood learned the lesson of terror early on: He witnessed a master who had caught a runaway first whip him, then rub pepper, salt, and lime into his wounds. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as my glowing blade appeared, the Hydra whipped toward it with all its heads, hissing and baring, its teeth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I ran up to the bulls and went to work on them with the whip. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone dies, and I don’t like wasting energy fretting about certitudes, but Aunt Aggie’s words keep echoing through my brain: whipped to death, took the skin clean off. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Squelch straddled a limb of the Hollow Log like a horse and whipped his own bum with a whippy stick. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

After two complete rotations, she wiggles the whip. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The persecuted laugh, and the black slave sings to his outraged soul beneath the whip. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to say that you wanted to be hit with that whip?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train cars whipped past in a blur. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Petra bought two hot chocolates with whipped cream, and they headed through French doors into what looked like a giant living room. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Margaret had Belgian waffles and did riot require a Styrofoam box for leftovers because there were none; she ate everything that was on her plate—strawberry preserves, pseudo whipped cream and all. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had to back down, because if he sided with Mom and gave me a whipping, he would lose me forever. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Wagoners cracked their whips and the scarlet dragon swung forward, sluggishly at first, heading for the town gates. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a scrape behind me, and the letter falls from my hand as I whip around. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Especially because the last time I told a really, really tiny lie about eating all of my vegetables when really I gave them to Jimmie, Ollie Mae gave me a whipping. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She said when they got him back to Savannah, got him in prison there, they whipped him until a doctor who was standing by watching said, “You will kill him if you strike him again!” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kicked the students, called them names, slapped them in the face, dragged them by the ears, whipped them, and struck their hands with wooden sticks and rulers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

In dark places, their names whipped sharper than fear; everyone had needs that were hard to fulfill. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A man truly believed that the whip was an instrument of virtue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh no, Mommy, let Daddy whip him, please, please!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My neck whips forward before the rest of my body can catch up. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Lemon chiffon pie, with a dollop of whipped cream. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dad whipped us with his belt, but never out of anger, and only if we back-talked or disobeyed a direct order, which was rare. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Helene digs her nails into my arm and speaks for me, knowing that I’m on the verge of earning myself a whipping. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask, but I didn’t want to hear an answer that might send me out to face another patrol or earn another whipping. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You think he doesn’t pay attention. Nobody calls you out to see the whippings.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The redhead stressed one point: Do not use the whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I throw myself directly between the whip and Gale. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Children caught playing on the job got a whipping from the supervisor. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Pinmei swallowed her yelp of surprise and whipped her head around to look into familiar eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

After that, they were behind the horse every day, bundled up together under the automobile lap robes, her holding the reins and the whip, him sitting stiff and straight beside her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They tried whipping the fly full speed across the water, and hooked a trout every time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the crowd quieted and there was no sound but the soft hiss and crack of the whip being loosened behind me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Jell-O seems to be of the whipped variety now. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He had a black cape and a long, thin leather belt for a whip. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sinking feeling, he thought he saw a mane of bushy brown hair whipping out of sight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Servants help me into a bustling day dress that is a creamy blur of whipped frosting and sweetened milk sprinkled with gossamer ribbons. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Because the runaway slave had been caught, would be whipped, and finally sold to the chain gang. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I whip around to see Bo walking to his seat at the back of the class. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Those prisoners had been yelled at and whipped mercilessly, and Amah would have wept if she were not so horrified. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When she saw me, she said, “I hope Mrs. Kerr whipped your butt.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Tally clenched her teeth to stop them chattering, and dipped her head under the water and out, whipping wet hair onto her back. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was a whip cracking, and the howl of racing dogs. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Big Ma didn’t say anything about Vonetta needing the whipping she got. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Hilly gives me a smirk, whips her head around to speak to someone else. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Off the field he was quiet, serene, and smart as a whip, his passivity neatly hiding an astounding determination to succeed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dex is your platoon lieutenant, and you didn’t commend him after he caught a deserter. He noticed. Your entire platoon noticed. And at the whipping, you weren’t...with us.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“They still need to be whipped into shape,” Bull said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost naked, his bloodstained body was striped and welted as if it had been whipped. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She put her hands on her hips and whipped her hair over her shoulder sort of like Natalie always did. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He whipped around to say he was sorry and froze. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“We’re all crazy to know about the whip. And then something about Civilization. You know the sort of stuff. ‘ Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was enslaved by carnival folk,” Addison said, “forced to pull fat, spoiled children like some common beast of burden— whipped, even, with riding crops!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The water was getting rougher, and the salt spray was whipping at my cheeks and stinging my eyes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She waves her little arms at me, the wind whipping her hair in all directions. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry shouted, trying to follow, but a heavy branch whipped lethally through the air and he was forced backward again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The wire whipped away from him, slithering through the crawlspaces, raising dust clouds as it moved. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I see a flicker of recognition in the eyes of the man with the whip. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to whip you. Pull off your shirt.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No lions,” he said when the man trotted over, whip in hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We’d pull the Jeep or the Hummer over and whip out a pretend notebook from our Hello Kitty purse and write a fake ticket. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, sir, God bless you, did you see them run? Did you see them? We whipped them again, by God, yes, sir, we did, sir.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newsies sketch pictures of us, and black gossip post-balloons shift in and out of the crowd, their tails whipping in all directions, trying to catch a scandalous word here or there. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The man didn’t have anything in his hands: no knife, no belt, no willow whip. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As she walked, she tapped her thigh with the pitmaster’s whip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The domovoi in his cat form sat beside her, and his tail whipped back and forth behind him against the ground. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She stood in a crouch, both hands on her staff as the wind whipped her braids behind her. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“When you come out, you’ll get your whipping,” my mother said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon we're back in the limo, Nick whips a flask out of some secret jacket pocket. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A big burning chunk of wood whipped by. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He saw my hesitation, and said, “You better get your dogs and get out of here before you get whipped.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The opportunity stepped up and Lovey availed herself, heedless of the whip. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Grandma Sadie returned to the kitchen to whip up a repair batch of icing. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Claire snapped the whip at one shoulder, then the other, back and forth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his rage he missed her several times or got too close so that the whip wrapped around her body. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bands of crackers and rednecks had chased her from villages, slashed her tires, whipped her a bit about the arms. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked like she might've been about to do some kind of dance move, maybe a spin, but couldn't quite whip it right because the artist forgot to make arms for her. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Con,” Taisin said, her voice a whip crack in the stillness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If only I could whip out my phone camera right now to capture Edna’s mouth hanging open. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I sit in the middle with my hair whipping about my face in all directions, the wind cooling my skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cake, the whipped cream, the thick carpet, the pink fingernails and long calves of Frau Siedler—these sensations whirl through Werner’s head as if on a carousel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

With seventy yards to go, Richardson abruptly released the saddlecloth and grabbed Woolf’s whip hand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stone’s throw away, a guy in a cowboy outfit was cracking a whip at some fire-breathing horses. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It could be a whipping, a clipping of the ear, imprisonment, or a cut-off hand. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the square fists whipping nausea into his stomach and still he held on. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They brandished whips and clubs, and they were galloping straight for the brachy. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I whip through the rest of the pad, but the remaining pages are blank. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The gaze that pointed to us promised a significant whipping to come. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We climbed over them, gulping in the fresh air outside before the kapos and soldiers whipped us and shouted at us to line up. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now there were twenty snakes whipping over the floor, killing the fire with a clear cold venom of green froth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind smudgy glass hung chocolate bars, licorice whips and lemon drops. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The wind whips my hair all about, tickling my face, but I do not smile. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Isaac, she’s all right. She got a whipping once for teaching a slave how to read. Tom Weylin was the one whipped her.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I think about how she whipped her diamond ring off and used it to explain the way she sees time, and the way Marcus stared at her afterward. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

That changed as the ground shook and rolled, and the tall palm trees in the valley began to whip back and forth. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Taryn were here and she knew about Ivy’s stormy pictures, she would definitely call this a sign and whip out her tarot cards. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She grabs the switch she had waiting and starts whipping me with it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He did not use the whip as his son had. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And whip or no whip, I wasn’t going to stand passively and let her really hurt me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning a cold, steady rain was falling in Griinau, and a blustery wind was whipping down the racecourse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“We used a whip on him every time we sent him to the track, and we used it freely, too,” he once conceded. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How about a sundae? Sprinkles, strawberry syrup, whipped cream.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Vanilla with chocolate sprinkles and crushed Oreos, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and that nasty cherry on top, which looks better than it tastes. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He whipped the water with his fists, then jumped straight up as though he too could take off, and landed on his back and sank down, his mouth and eyes full of water. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something about those sheets that made me grown enough to take the whipping I had coming to me for the disrespect I was about to show my grandmother and great-grandmother. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She loved the whip of the wind in her face. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Aunt Petunia, who was bony and horse-faced, whipped around and peered intently out of the kitchen window. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He hardly noticed the mmuo: masculine figures covered in grass, their faces snarling wooden masks, their long whips dangling from their hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She whipped up the frames, sending her eyeballs spinning around the room. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Dad,” Ji-yong asked suddenly, “did Grandpa whip the farmers if they couldn’t pay their rent?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snapped Captain Nip's whip in the air to get the feel of it. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers traced the scars from her whippings. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Basil slunk wordlessly into a nearby seat like a whipped dog. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had just climbed up to a sitting position on my bunk and was explaining to Basil the difference between a single whip and a six-tail when the third-floor steward came looking for me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had, since the whipping, seemed in a perpetual irritation, glowering around the rooms, leaving company often, saying he wished to ascertain whether matter still subsisted in his chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Magdalys let out a fierce cry as the night wind whipped through her hair. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

From the first hours of dawn, a glacial wind lashed us like a whip. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cords of hair whip from her ponytail across her face. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“What drugs? We’re not talking about drugs. The kid needed to know which end was up, that’s all. First off, he needed to get his backside whipped for hurting Paul.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether these emotions are about me being whipped or because he just don’t like the sheriff, I don’t know. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Soft whipped clouds drifted across the blue sky. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I slammed that sucker so hard it snapped through the net like a whip. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was going to get a whipping and maybe he had done something terrible. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, there was a noise like fifty chainsaws over our heads, and we ducked as a plane roared by, the wind whipping our hair and blowing up a sandstorm. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

With a dramatic gesture, Father Time whipped open the Yearbook to a seemingly random page. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He whipped around the corner of the building. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He suddenly whipped off his glasses and polished them hurriedly on his robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He tried to whip up his enthusiasm with thoughts of the fat juicy mice. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second later, Natalie whipped her hair back over her shoulder and thrust her chin high in the air and shoved past the Gustanos and Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Just before the sail came down, a squall hit Rena, and she retaliated by whipping her boom savagely across the hull. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couch cover wasn’t an easy thing to whip up, but sometimes the glamorganizing way of life wasn’t for the faint of heart. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He was forever threatening to whip the bloody hide off this one or that one, but Arya never actually knew him to bit. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"They're packing and shipping Tater?" says Duke with a dramatic whip of his head. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The smaller the army, the more it has to whip itself up into a frenzy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He woke repeatedly, panicky, convinced that somebody had called out to him in the distance, imagining that the wind whipping around the tent was footsteps or voices. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Nobody’s going to whip my wife,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is a triumph of self-control to see a man whipped until the muscles of his back show white and glistening through the cuts and to give no sign of pity or anger or interest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He reigned supreme for half a century and his early offerings, Nabucco included, had plots carefully chosen to whip up the Italian people’s desire for self-government, the movement known as the Risorgimento. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

We think there must be better ways but we never learn them—always the whip, the rope, and the rifle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wind whipped up the garbage in the streets and the air was so wet that the buildings gleamed through it. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he spoke, Clarkson brandished whips and handcuffs used on slaves; he published testimonials from sailors and ship doctors who described the atrocities and punishments on slave ships. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Today she rips her garden gloves from her hands, whips them at the kitchen island, and screams like she can’t stand the very sight of them. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After the whipping, Dad had jacked up the charm with me, and even though I was planning to leave, he could make me laugh when he tried, and he still considered me an ally. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the windowsills, Tyson had set out water-filled vases with sea anemones and strange glowing plants from the bottom of the ocean, more beautiful than any flower bouquets the Demeter kids could whip up. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The bullock with the sore patch is slowing the other up; the carter turns, impatient and brings out his whip. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I whipped around and put my finger in her face. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“There’s a junction coming up,” he yells over the whipping wind. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Stella closed her eyes, thinking of the rich chocolate icing her mother whipped up and slathered on a warm layer cake. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She whipped me mercilessly, tears in her eyes. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whipped his head back so fast to the card game the brothers were arguing over that Steve appeared to have momentarily laid down before bouncing back upright. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The wind whipped at their backs as they approached the town square. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Demetrius, who screamed in futile rage after he watched his ten-year-old brother whipped to death by the Commandant for desertion. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Since flight and hiding were no longer possible, Frodo and Sam sprang to their feet, putting back to back and whipping out their small swords. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Now they did strip off their shirts, for no other reason than to stay cool; their backs and ribs were marked where the fencing wire had whipped and stung them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Hazel gripped her sword like she was tempted to pommel- whip the old man. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

This was a radical departure from Fitzsimmons’s regular training practices, which mandated that exercise riders never use whips on their horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Howard whipped out his map and a stubby pencil and marked the places we had looked, and we decided to call it a day. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing you could do that wouldn’t eventually get you whipped or killed!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The rope ran out and whipped into the water and then we lost sight of it. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy reached into his backpack and whipped out his mother’s camera. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moonlight shimmered on their armor and the wind whipped at their cloaks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I whip off my uniform the second I get off duty. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Colonel Cathcart had roared away as abruptly as he’d come, whipping the jeep around with a vicious spinning of wheels that sent a spray of fine grit blowing into Major Major’s face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Each is dusted with confectioners’ sugar and topped by a dollop of whipped cream. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The pitmaster was with them, a long barbed whip in his hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He might be able to ‘whip up a solution’ to this problem.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The half-men had pistols in shoulder harnesses and whips coiled at their belts. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was now with boys and girls who were studying, fighting, talking; it revitalized my being, whipped my senses to a high, keen pitch of receptivity. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bear a hand!” and he cracked the black-snake whip he carried. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whips a prescription pad from his white coat pocket. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Nausikaa took the reins and raised her whip, lashing the mules. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s Astelle’s,” she said again, her voice rising as a blast of frigid air whipped up the street. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Only my memory of the whip kept me still. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

That hurricane had killed over eight hundred people who were fleeing by rescue train when a twelve-foot surge of water, whipped up by two-hundred-mile-an-hour winds, swamped the passenger cars and took them all away. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

"One," I cried out as the whip cracked. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

If she timed it right, she should be able to grab onto her arched back and hold tight, and then the wind would whip through her hair and they’d be off and away. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The seat belt tightened across Felix’s chest, and his head whipped forward. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was carrying a whip made from a thin tree branch and chewing his knuckles, spitting. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once Gollum got up and began prancing about, like a whipped cur whose master has patted it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Sorry about my word choice. But I suddenly have an urge to whip up a feast of hot and cold appetizers for Mom and Emma.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She survived initiation, the wilds, border skirmishes, whippings. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Finn whipped around, scanning the endless waving, twisting bodies, a vast sea of faces, searching for the pocket of stillness. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He reached back and struck Seabiscuit across the hip with the whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The willow’s unharmed branches snaked toward Sigurd, keeping a distance from him but ready to whip at him if needed. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Instead they seem to be of one mind, determined to whip us into shape. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This enabled the two Voyagers to use a "gravity assist" technique in which the craft were successively flung from one gassy giant to the next in a kind of cosmic version of "crack the whip." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The nothing greeted her hungrily—swirling around her, pulling at her, whipping at her skin. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She had whipped cream, scooped tiny cakes from the baking tin, made ravioli, and stirred sauces. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sharp command felt like the cut of a whip stroke. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that some day there would be a black man who would whip the black people into a tight band and together they would act and end fear and shame. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bennie yelled at the phantoms, stepping out into the center of the room with a plastic sheet wound up like a whip. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The man in the gray suit whipped the rope over the side of the basket, where it unfurled to the sidewalk below with a loud fwop! A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

With wind whipping snow crystals into his face, Knut Haugland set up his radio antenna on the roof of the cabin. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost every Persian person I meet is surprised when I whip out my broken Farsi. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I reached for a braided rawhide whip that hung in a coil on a wooden peg driven between the logs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She quit, then her eyes turned kind of funny and I says to myself if you cry here in this car, on the street, I’ll whip you. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over their heads a dozen golden banners whipped back and forth in the northern wind, emblazoned with the crowned stag of Baratheon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Let some civil rights “leader” make some statement, displeasing to the white public power structure, and the reporters, in an effort to whip him back into line, would try to use me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Centurions monitor us from beneath the arches that line the courtyard, hands on their whips as they await the arrival of Blackcliff’s commandant. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

With a sharp squeak, the wheels whipped about to face the crate, into which Kate, a split second before, had drawn the spectacles. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even imagine going into the kitchen and chatting up Mrs. Bernoffski while she took a couple hours whipping up some crummy European substitute hot cocoa. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The other rats laughed, but not the king who whipped his tail out from under Henry and slashed poor Gox in half. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the fragments he taught me and the whippings. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One of them, a dark-skinned man in his early twenties with thick, knitted eyebrows twirled a whip in his hand and rhythmically swatted the side of the truck with it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

People stopped to watch as he sang: “There once was a ravel named Kvothe Whose tongue was quick at quipping. The masters thought him clever And rewarded him with whipping. ” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had made him feel that, if he whipped me for killing the kitten, I would never give serious weight to his words again. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could kiss my wrist if he thought I was going to let him whip me up without a good fight. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her mother was painting when Jam came in, so the studio was full of loud music, old-school grime this time, the energy thumping against the light and Stormzy’s voice whipping around Bitter’s flying braids. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"Don't give them the rough side of your tongue. You'll get me whipped!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their refusal brought a torturing rage not only to their fathers, who did the whipping, but to the whole community. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The farmer sat in the driving-seat, and whipped up his two stout ponies. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Some Deckers sing along and I’m sure if they were allowed to have lighters in here, they’d whip them out; some are crying, others are smiling with closed eyes, hopefully lost in good memories. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Some had even laughed at him and teased him about the whipping he had coming. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He tapped the whip against his calf as a man might do to summon his dog. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Grabbed her flowers, maybe her snakes too, and just whipped the prizes into the air. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The hag hissed in outrage, and Tyrion got a lick of the whip across his back, a stinging cut that drove him to his knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A scream from behind made Anya jump and whip her hand away from the books. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They called those saws “misery whips’’ and I guess they had a reason for that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped, but the air was saturated, and the wind was whipping spray off the flood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He took another step closer, flexing the whip in his hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Insensate cruelty to those you can whip, and groveling submission to those you can’t. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He whips his head toward me but doesn’t seem to notice my bow, the waiting arrow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Sheet metal whipped overhead, flying like a kite—a roof, a bit of ship, it was impossible to tell. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on. Let’s see what kind of feast Briana whipped up for you.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

As soon as I saw it, I felt a ball of shredded nerves unwind and whip around my stomach. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One, two, and on three, he swung his whole body, a kind of broke-down golf swing, the mess whipping from the shovel head. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The line tugs again, then almost goes whipping from his hands. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Wahid stood surrounded by his boys in a cloud of dust whipped up by the truck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth, as if to speak, then breaks for the door faster than a whip. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

One of them was tall and slender as a whip, with a shock of dark hair tumbling over his eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“For unauthorized use of sympathy leading to injury, the offending student will be bound and whipped a number of times, not less than two nor more than ten, singly, across the back.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My head whips around to the chair where Will was sitting, fear gripping my chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Claire played her whip around the ears and eyes of the big dog, forcing him backwards until he stood at Mr. Rudyard’s side. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never seen Daddy whip around so fast. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Colder,” she said as they passed the low salt marshes of Georgia, as if the word were a whip driving them north. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I whip off the scarf and put on a ski hat and some goggles. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

My back is mostly healed from the last whipping, but most of the scabs pulled open last night and I'm of no mind to take another beating. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His face darkened with fury, and he whipped his tail up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You need to see them—starving, ’bout naked, whipped, dragged, bit by dogs...You need to see them.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I reached Covey’s about nine o’clock; and just as I was getting over the fence that divided Mrs. Kemp’s fields from ours, out ran Covey with his cowskin, to give me another whipping. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

The crack of the whip sounded, followed by a scream. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He catches the grasshoppers we throw in his box by whipping out his tongue like a slingshot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the whipping and snapping branches of the trees, the buds rode it out head to wind, their bodies horizontal, their neat claws turned to anchors. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sea around us whipped into white-capped waves that slapped at our hulls and broke into our boats, sloshing cold water around our feet. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

No whips or chains, but it was borderline hard-core. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

My head whips right faster than I thought it could. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

We drove the few miles across the international bridge with the windows down, the wind whipping our hair around our faces, until we slowed down and drove into the aduana, the Mexican customs station. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He boosted Pollard onto Seabiscuit, picked up the starting bell and a buggy whip, and without a word of explanation, led them to the training track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard received a trophy, then Pollard came up to the stage to receive a commemorative whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She controlled her face and whipped the fear from it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Its natural consistency is a bit gelatinous and pasty, really, but whipped together with a soup^on of remoulade and spread upon white meat, it’s quite palatable.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Soojin whips her head around and gives me a look that warns me to step back. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Barely had I caught my balance before he bolted forward, the whip raised once again. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the barely visible reflection from the window glass, Scoob notices a white rectangle on the fridge beneath the Six Flags over Texas magnet G’ma bought, and whips around. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It whips around full of white construction sand, the sand that covers the streets and the unsold lots. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a signal from Annette, who was standing with Renee by the piano, they all whipped off their hats as well. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily you would whip through a skull with an electric bone saw, but you can’t use a bone saw in Level 4. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifts the other whip and flicks its tip back and forth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She whipped around and started fumbling with her keys trying to get the front door unlocked. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His leathery, spiky tail whipped deadly thorns in all directions. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

If I got more punishment or a whipping, I’d hold on to that fact. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was just wishing she’d say something to him when the door from the hallway suddenly whipped open. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She walks a small circle in the center of the ring, flicking the whips in combinations of signals. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The prince threw him a smirking glance as Master Peckwit raised the switch and beat the whipping boy like a carpet. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Wind whipped through the spaces in between the car's wooden slats, making me shiver. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She speaks to him, taking both whips in one hand, and offering him her other palm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The Jews were chained to the carts like a team of draught horses and whipped like animals. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She cracked her whip over his head and down he came, head-over-heels, cursing and laughing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Certainly,” said Hal, with freezing politeness, taking hold of the gee-pole with one hand and swinging his whip from the other. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this she raised her glistening whip, lashing the team into a run; they left the river cantering beautifully, then trotted smartly. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby, his face red, slashed at the dog with his whip. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of them whipped around as Harry, Dumbledore, and the black dog entered, and Mrs. Weasley let out a kind of muffled scream. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Thorn and Seven ran through the night, the winter wind howling as it whipped their cloaks and threatened to send their witch’s hats into the Boggy Crone River. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once Buckthorn disturbed a snake, and leaped into the air as it whipped between his paws to vanish down a hole at the foot of a birch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wind whipped past the door as the train picked up speed. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The metal shard embedded in the whip’s tip cut me nearly to the bone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You could be whipped for snooping through my things.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I whipped around my house, checking on my meager possessions. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I whip back around, arrow poised for flight, but what can be done? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I whip off the sunglasses only to notice my eyes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Sasha and her friends had taken a shine to cable cooking shows and sometimes commandeered the residence kitchen to decorate cookies or whip up elaborate, multicourse meals for themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Hark! in the courtyard and down the rocky way the roll of heavy wheels, the crack of whips, and the chorus of the Szgany as they pass into the distance. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But the cold wind whipping up off the water made goose bumps rise on his flesh. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The carter flicks both bullocks with his whip, the animals strain forward, the cart gives a lurch. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t have black wings, a whip made out of stars, and a shadowy chariot pulled by vampire horses. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He shut his mouth and shook his head for fear she’d whip out that corn knife. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She knows, for instance, that I smuggle sheets to the Yearlings so they don’t get whipped for wetting their beds. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But I laughed, the wind whipping my face. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mama whip me, I don’t do my chores.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone immediately whips out their phones to “do a little research.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

As he exhales, he fires, and the woman’s head whips back. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh, come off it,” said Ron, striding over to her and whipping her results out of her hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Nevilles robes had barely whipped round the corner when they heard Filch enter the trophy room. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As if her words were an invitation to prove her wrong, the wind whipped around them, ruffling Shae’s short hair and making the flames roar. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As the whole class held its breath, Lockhart whipped off the cover. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He was crying, because the red marks of the whip on his back still hurt so terribly. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you could hear a passing truck or a whip of the wind. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I buy licorice whips, jelly beans, many-layered blackballs with the seed in the middle, packages of fizzy sherbet you suck up through a straw. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"You may live in the castle, but you're only a whipping boy. Do as we say!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The wind whips her hair behind her like a pale banner. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Each time, sitting through the picture, I would find myself whipped with guilt. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the first time Olanna saw Nigerian soldiers, on the main road, they did not hold whips. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Marcus saw you stay behind after the whipping. He and Zak are telling everyone that you thought the punishment was too harsh.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash of François’s whip sang through the air, reaching the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but to recover the bone. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coachman was still chuckling as he gave the horses a crack of the whip. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Something had flicked her the way you’d flick a horse with the braided string popper on a buggy whip. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I cried, and he: ‘Hit was’ until I took the whip from him into my own hand and struck the mule. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind whips Celia’s dark curls in wet ropes across her face as she considers him, watching his eyes as the raindrops evaporate from his lashes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He stood by the churchyard fence, intent on trying out the whipping powers of his fearsome tail upon a few rats that he had dubbed “the awkward squad.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It’s used to describe political movements that whip up hate and fear against outsiders and try to disguise them as patriotism. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He had learned to keep his whip idle, compensating by riding with somewhat longer stirrups that allowed him to urge horses gently with his lower legs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whipping served its purpose as far as I was concerned. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

King George circled overhead and squawked. and cracked the whip across the back of the horse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stuart whipped out his pocketknife and slashed away bravely at the soggy bag until he had the deck cleared. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, while Webb’s back was to him, Mike turned and whipped the paper ball to me. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She garnished it liberally with whipped cream, plunked two spoons on the table, sat down and indicated that Francie do the same. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was really whipping around here, fourteen stories up. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The whip was the standard punishment for disobedience. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The long grass of the pasture whipped her legs as she fled from the water. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The few times he had whipped me had been when he counted to three and I didn’t listen. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Roger had whipped behind the palm again, was leaning against it breathing quickly, his eyelids fluttering. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Malik whips his ball at me, but I block it with mine, and the ball goes right to Ben-Ben, who catches it with both hands. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The cap’n wasn’t clutching on to no pistol; ’stead, in his hand was the cowhide whip that was always coiled on his saddle. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Then came the chains and ships, and pain and whips, and the people’s wings fell or were torn off. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Luke got sent home before the real whipping started. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall’s irritated voice cracked like a whip through the Transfiguration class on Thursday, and Harry and Ron both jumped and looked up. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When a scouting party spotted a herd, Ne-kah-e-se-y and the other hunters raced on their horses across the plains, the hooves pounding the earth like drums, the manes whipping the riders’ sweating, gleaming faces. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My eyes dart toward the sound and my hand whips to the knife sheathed at my belt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I was relieved I was to be whipped with a single headed whip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, I didn’t hear that apology,” Brian says, whipping one so close to Fry’s head it makes me wince. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The whipping post was bad enough, but the fine...six months' wages. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“When he slashed open that daemon—the man died as if someone whipped his heart out, just like that!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

On the way home, Fizz points out a girl who gets on the bus with us and whips off her hijab as soon as she sits down, stuffing it into her bag. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I whip off my towel turban and let the wet strands of my hair fall down my back and hurry to the door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The jib was still shaking and cracking like a whip. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I looked out, and I saw below me the smooth grass lawns stretching to the sea, and the sea itself, bright green with white-topped crests, whipped by a westerly wind and scudding from the shore. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

All talked of the rebel colonel trussed and bagged by his own two slaves, that had been whipped by him previous—and there was an elation in this tale of justice reflected in all eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Abe Goodstein, our first baseman, retrieved the ball and whipped it home, and the batter stood at third, a wide grin on his face. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

This time it was on his shoulders that the whip descended. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If one is injured by reckless use of sympathy, the offending student will be whipped, singly, no more than seven times across the back.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I breeze into the kitchen and sure enough, there is a tray of chocolate mousse, the whipped cream dollops just on the verge of sagging. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached fifty, he whipped the hood off his head and wheeled around. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used the handle of his whip to scratch his shoulder. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A black and white police car was parked in front, with a red glass searchlight on its roof and a radio antenna, like a buggy whip, fastened to the windshield. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a grim, overcast day, and when I stepped out of the plane, the cold winter wind whipped through our thin prison uniforms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

First singly and then together the boys were whipped, whipped to raw cuts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the men whipped out a walkie-talkie and held it close to his mouth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

When, trembling, she regained her composure, and her breath came regularly again, Lord Cheldthorpe nodded, and they whipped her one last stroke. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was brought to the square, forced to plead guilty to his crime, and sentenced to a whipping to be carried out immediately. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Then why did the ‘white’ man whip the ‘black’ boy?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the wind whips the hare-branched trees; it whistles through the cracks in the stone Avails, chills my body,' and reaches all my bones and inner parts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then she blindfolded me again and I whipped the air with the broomstick until the pinata burst open, releasing long, gooey tentacles of raw egg. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was jumping and tossing her head, her tail whipping back and forth like a windshield wiper. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then he saw that his stew was done, the peach whip almost done, and he waved to it with his hand. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early years, Lynds was allowed to punish as he saw fit, and a whispered word, a look askance—the slightest infraction— was grounds for a whipping. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground rumbled as another grenade exploded, sending spirals of whipped cream into the sky. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They chugged along at fifty miles an hour with the radio blasting and the late-afternoon wind whipping their hair, getting high on her Columbia two-toke. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she looked up, the wind whipped a lock of hair into her face and she sputtered, pawing it down again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

‘I never have whipped any of my kids yet,’ he kept saying. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fifty feet high, a swirling demon of green flame danced upon the river. lt had a dozen hands, in each a whip, and whatever they touched burst into fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was bleeding from a gash on her haunch, and instead of a thick brush, she thrashed the blackened whip of her tail. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I stare at the lash marks, and again hear the whistling of the whip, see his bloody figure hanging unconscious by his wrists. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The film showed it clearly: Woolf had lifted his whip up and repeatedly cracked Johnny Adams on the flanks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Images flash through my mind: the spear piercing Rue’s body in the arena, Gale hanging senseless from the whipping post, the corpse-littered wasteland of my home. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I whip my head around looking for Dylan and find him sliding, waving his arms for something to hold on to. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Felix whipped out his replacement debit card and dropped it on the desk. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I whipped my head to face him the bang was full of bounce and poked me in the eye. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And if she got up, it wouldn’t be to whip Vonetta but to get me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The ones that had sun dried were stiff with salt, but I whipped them against the rocks, salt rising from them in clouds, and put them on. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Scared your warriors will see you get whipped?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

There's way too much whipped cream in that cup, Maya thought, then wondered when things like that had started bothering her about Claire in the first place. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

If she’d wanted to, she could have seen the history of the sixteen-pounders at the gun ports, the ship, maybe even the sky, the sea, the very air that whipped around her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I whipped my head in every direction, searching for some clue in the eyes around me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the world, the wicked escaped comeuppance and the decent stood in their stead at the whipping tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I reach my foot out to the trellis but pull it back quickly when another gust of wind whips past. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“No one deserves to be whipped like an animal.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He took a sip of coffee, then wiped the whipped cream off his nose with his napkin. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She saw one of the riders swing his whip over his head—and then fly backward when a metal bucket came tumbling through the sky and cracked him across the face. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He told Seabiscuit’s exercise rider to find a stick to use as a whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whipped around to see what had happened, but the bulk of the Berg was between him and the source of the noise. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He gave his camel a lick of his whip and sped away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nora’s face whips toward me in surprise, but I run straight past her, panting, as I reach the passenger side door. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The Ferolind was still visible on the horizon, its sails full of the wind that whipped at their cheeks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Come on!” he growled at his Nimbus as the rain whipped his face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I looked at the huge plate of ice cream and toppings and whipped cream. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

"With nuts and whipped cream, and bananas, and hot fudge." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Beneath broken walls of dried mud, riders galloped back and forth, swinging their long whips as they herded the survivors from the smoking rubble. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

One time Mom went so far as to order Lori up to the front of the class, where she gave her a whipping with a wooden paddle. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was afraid to tell Father because he might whip me, busted arm and all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Angel, yes. Later, the boy confessed, of course, because he was an honest boy, and he got a whipping.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She whispered something in his ear, and when she pulled away, she whipped toward the door so fast, I couldn't see her face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The whip whistles through the air before it carves agony across my back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

This ruler began his trip after the start of the winter, a winter that came early and harshly with winds that whipped and screamed at the mountain peak. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But when they were whipping some seaman they had another man standing by his side with a bucket of salt water, which he would throw into the open whip-wounds after each strike. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sort of fell quickly onto the mattress and whipped my legs around until they were on the bed. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Both J.T. and Digger looked whipped and stood limply with their heads hanging. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Life keeps whipping around and around, and on my last go-around, the Iditarod raised its furry canine head. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He stood panting for a moment and then he climbed into the rig and whipped Doxology and he drove away, his shoulders hunched, without saying good-by. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Snag whips around my wrist, fast as the blink of an eye. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Liam whipped the car around so hard I had to brace Chubs and me from flying off the seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Above, the flags snapped like whips, and the crooning of the wind harmonized with the steady sound of human crying. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It oscillates up and down faster and faster as it approaches the singularity, whipping from positive to negative and back again. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Fuchsia whips her cue stick around until she’s leaning on it like a cane. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

If he thought they’d whip his runners, he’d fork over the forfeit fees and skip town, often “forgetting” to pay his hotel bill on the way out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I whip my body around, and they stand in my room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And then he whipped out his phone and showed me a picture and wow. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The other fellow jumped down and struck him over the head with the butt-end of his heavy whip. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

His bare back was covered with welts from a whip. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The wind whipped up a froth of fallen leaves on the ground around her, and she pulled the sleeves of her sweater down over her hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed still, ready for anything: a whipping for staying out, a tongue-lashing for missing dinner, getting my mouth washed out with soap for saying a bad word. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The winds and sea spray whipped against our faces, making it hard to see or even move. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And really, if you have a nine- centimeter hole, you're going to be dead way before you could whip out the kit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could do anything: order me to the stocks, another branding, or a public whipping of hundreds of lashes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you dont take him right away this minute and keep him away, I’m going to make Jason whip you.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the whip came down again, my right hand flashed forward out of reflex and seized the whip midswing. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lighting flashed down and cracked like a whip. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came home to a whipping from her mother and a new horse from her beaming father. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for the runaways, they might be shot out of hand, or whipped and sold to the deep South, where they would die anyway. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm wind whipped at his face, and then the wind died and a woman stood before him on the other side of the fire, her face in the shadows. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He whipped more stones after the first ones. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I never saw where the whip came from, never even saw the first blow coming. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

No one else was foolish enough to be outside, so I ran straight down the main path without fear of being spotted, the hood of my jacket scrunched tight against the whipping rain. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The second box had cracked open, and thousands of finely braided tampon strings were whipping past him, and past Hassan and Lindsey—blowing around and over them. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She wished she could look at people and see what was hurting them, then whip out her prescription pad and make everything better. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The wind whips up another spray of sand off the shallow, windward slopes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“He called it Jumbo and would whip it out all the time. Like, in front of colleagues, reporters, anybody.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I turned to the place where I had been strung up and whipped—and jumped back in surprise when I saw that someone was hanging there. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I still have scars on my back where Daddy hit me with the whip.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I held on to the railing and leaned over to look, my hair whipping my cheeks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the little red light attached to its bars began to glow twice as bright, and Golan whipped his head around and searched the darkness behind him. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Just the thought of my favorite crêpe—strawberry and banana with Nutella, powdered sugar, and whipped cream—makes my mouth water. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A cold wind from the muddy river whipped at the marchers’ coats. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had one thought—if he took this prize back to his master, he might escape the whipping. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dropping flat in the saddle, he gave his mount two taps with the whip and clucked in his ear. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew her pole slowly back over her shoulder and whipped it forward as she released a button on the reel. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

One of the whites went to his horse to get what proved to be a whip. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I watch her run off and wish Julia was there to give me a roller whip. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The trees made it difficult to advance; the horses tripped on the stones and brush; branches whipped us in the face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivan whipped ball after ball of water at Sigurd’s face, forcing the Varangian to keep his head down and his eyes shut. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Once the wind started whipping up the sand, you could only see a foot in front of your face. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But companies whipped up prejudice against unions, painting workers as communists, and strikers lost public support. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Shortly afterwards, I heard the cracking of their whips die away in the distance. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The mere thought of girls makes him whip out his hand sanitizer. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just have time to hear her sigh before I whip through the door. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In going underground, I whipped it all except the mind, the mind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place had filled me with dread after my whipping, but I forced myself to spend time there to prove to myself that I could. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bundle contained a whip as well—a nasty piece of old leather with a handle of brass and bone, stout enough to peel the hide off an ox. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The wind whipped around the boy, tugging at his clothes, making his hair ripple. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Jhogo took the whip from her hands, but his face was confused. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I told the lady “heavy on the whipped cream.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then I sit down on the sidewalk and wait, whipping pebbles at the asphalt. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I said, whipping out my phone, thinking I’m texting Ximena Chin my address like the big dork that I am. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The rain whipped sideways with every gust of wind. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It whips out a tongue and my grandfather dodges it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She would always remember Miss Susan and the whip that she kept on the little shelf behind her bed, always remember how desperately tired she got because she never had enough sleep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For now, though, beneath the whip of the administration, they are all the same, all Jungmanner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Zorro cracked his whip at a trio of space aliens ahead of him in line. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll go to the whipping post, and a fine will be added to your debt—the sum of the two tickets I just lost. By my calculation, that’s about six months’ worth of your wages.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But just as suddenly the pole whipped straight again and the line went slack. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a little shop on a side street halfway home where we stop and spend our allowances on penny gumballs, red licorice whips, orange Popsicles, sharing everything out equally. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The coachman, looking just as old and rickety, held the reins of his two-horse team and cracked his whip in the air again. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, right!” said Hermione, and she whipped out her wand, waved it, muttered something, and sent a jet of the same bluebell flames she had used on Snape at the plant. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The sun was strong enough that the wind whipping in just felt good. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same hand that had brandished the sword now held a whip. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can try,” said Thor, and he whipped the goats so they ran even faster. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She whips her tail and lifts one foot briefly, almost like a wave. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He whipped the dust from Adam’s shirt with his hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pieces of the picture do not quite come together until I see his arm raise the whip. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only there were two blows with the whip; they found the two welts on Wash’s face that night. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

The overseer could not hope to whip the slave unless someone helped tie him up. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding his fishing pole with one hand, he whipped out his knife and cut the line. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I had no intention of taking a whipping if I could avoid it, and I was sure Kevin could protect me if he was nearby when I needed him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She scrabbled in the sand, pushing against the pitmaster’s corpse, and her fingers brushed against the handle of his whip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wished June with her whip would grin, too, but she only looked annoyed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got loose, he flew up at my face before I could cover it, tried for my eyes and then—I swear—whipped over backward and took a shot at Cookie, my lead dog. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’m tied to the whipping post in front of the sheriff’s office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There was no reply, but the wind whipped about her one more time, petulantly, and then it dropped away, and was gone. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

"No, no, lad. Let's have it from bottom to top. Read it backwards. I do hope for your whipping boy's sake you don't stumble and trip as if the real words ain't on paper." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like the longest windshield wiper ever, and it whipped our house and windows. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She whips her head round to where I’m looking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They waited patiently under overcast skies, bundled up against the brisk wind that whipped in from the Potomac River. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

They reach the front of the line and the vendor has three cups of cocoa in striped cups waiting for them already, with clouds of extra whipped cream on top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As he whipped around the corner of the building, he took one last glance behind: Calvin was yelling at Deemer. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gore once undertook to whip one of Colonel Lloyd’s slaves, by the name of Demby. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

He whipped the mare into a dead run, crouching low over her neck, trying to guide her over the rocky, uneven terrain, down the steep slope of a ridge. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The captain shouts orders at his men, a whip much in evidence. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We got ten minutes to get to the church, so strap up,” Mr. Ray said, mashing the gas pedal and whipping the car around the corner like it was a go-cart. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I find a Herb Alpert record, the one with the woman in whipped cream on the cover. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Technically, Gale and I could be whipped on a daily basis for poaching in the woods -well, technically, we could get a whole lot worse -except all the officials buy our meat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Aha!” shouted Ron, as the wind whipped their hair and clothes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“We have to get back. The master needs clean water. If we take too long, we’ll be whipped. And Pretty Pig and Crunch are there.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Screaming noise, ropes slamming against the mast, cracking of cloth being whipped or snapped—everything so loud it hurt his ears. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My own cousin was arrested and whipped by police for getting caught socializing with the opposite sex. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He watched the spectacle for a while, then decided that the whippings were going too slow, so he had guards set up long tables and lined us up in rows, four across. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I whip around, afraid he’s going to be angry over us watching his tape, but he just smirks and takes a swig from a bottle of wine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She saw the hyenas, bloody-mouthed, being driven back through the gate by a hoard of slaves armed with whips and spears. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“To authorize your whipping. You,” he said to me, “go call one of the grooms. Tell him to bring a riding crop and meet us in the garden.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I read somewhere that the woman who posed for it was three months pregnant at the time and that it was shaving cream, not whipped cream, she was suggestively dipping into her mouth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t move like he was pulling threads—the most he had done was whip his tail around a bit—and she wondered how he was creating the column. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There were already thousands, spread over the country, who carried his badge of a scarlet fist clenching a whip, and who called themselves Thrashers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Napoleon would have whipped the Austrians on the plains. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t look like someone who knows he’s going to be whipped tomorrow,” he observed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the girl did not move Kate whipped one word at her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m easy. Whatever you whip up, I’m sure it’ll be just fine.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A vision of him whipping my arm with a belt rushes into my mind when I see him, and my chest squeezes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She whips the pole back over her shoulder, and Ronan dives into the bushes. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I whip my hunting knife from my pocket and lunge to cut it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have stung Fern’s legs extra hard to whip the Cecile out of her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She whipped around, her red ponytail almost hitting Erin in the face. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“He does everything that way, quick as a whip, hardly ever makes mistakes. I’ll bet he knows every song you’ve ever sung to him. He knows more about what’s in my wagon than I do.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He brought the whip around and laid a lash across the dragon’s face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was a breaded veal cutlet, spinach, mashed potatoes, and prune whip. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the sea becomes rough and your emotions are whipped into a frenzy Yet even these two opposites do not remain distinct. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Susan said it wasn’t done properly and went and got a whip and kept whipping her and shouting at her; and Harriet screamed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ishmael saw men go lurching down, saw the machine-gun fire whipping the water’s surface, and lowered himself even farther. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

On his belt hung a neatly wound whip and a niello sheath for the dagger in his hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Got one! The whipping boy, it is! Where's your master, eh?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was odd though the way the man had been looking out and directly he saw me he whipped back into the room and the shutters were closed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In a smooth move—he’d had plenty of practice—Benji whipped out his debit card and slapped it into her hand. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll try to whip the cream again. Then I got to go in the garage. Get my stockings on.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I saw Dov Shlomowitz whirl and start back to first, and I pushed myself up into a sitting position and threw the ball awkwardly to Sidney Goldberg, who caught it and whipped it to first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

One lady wouldn’t even believe you could make your own by whipping heavy cream. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It could only be the employment of carriage whips, tongs, iron pokers, handsaws, stones, paperweights, or whatever might be handy to break the black body, the black family, the black community, the black nation. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her long, greasy hair whipped around, and the demon swatted at it, trying to brush it back without touching it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dogs come with him and wind and devils with whips. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

This time she told them about the long agony of the Middle Passage on the old slave ships, about the black horror of the holds, about the chains and the whips. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She whipped around, her eyes still panicked, “I don’t know who to trust,” she hissed, then ran out the door, slamming it behind her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The whip was sitting there in Workman’s hand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whips down the path, outpacing other players easily. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A young woman leapt out of a doorway a little ahead of Winston, grabbed up a tiny child playing in a puddle, whipped her apron around it, and leapt back again, all in one movement. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The home-house stood on a hillside where wind whipped through cracks in the walls. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A newspaper editor learned this lesson when he dared to criticize the Dukes’ harsh treatment of workers—including the practice of whipping children in the mill. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

People felt tawdry in the Justice Room when the old soldier had left it, and many eyed the red whips sideways, with a secret dread. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have seen him whip a woman, causing the blood to run half an hour at the time; and this, too, in the midst of her crying children, pleading for their mother’s release. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

“My aunt always brings this cake for our Fourth of July barbeque where she puts strawberries and blueberries on whipped cream to make an American flag,” Emily says. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Appearing without one’s mask is a whipping offense. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Oh, to sit high up in the back with a brave whip in a socket close to hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They beat it out of me with their whips, cut it out of me with their knives, shot it out of me with their guns. I can barely see, and every step causes me pain.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siobhan stared at her dessert—a chocolate mousse covered in strawberries and whipped cream. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jack thought he would freeze as the wind whipped around him. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only later did he find out that the guard continued to whip him three more times before dropping him on top of the crushed food. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I closed the front door and followed her two brown braids that were bouncing like whips beating the back of a horse. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran blindly, while saplings whipped his face and hidden rocks jutted out to pitch him forward and stab at his knees. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I whip my head around in time to see Magnus and the beast tumble down the aisle. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Three evil-looking grandmothers with lace hats and fiery whips drifted down from the sky and landed in front of me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He whipped out a ragged bandana to cover his nose and stalked away. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The driver snapped the whip above the heads of the horses, and the carriage rolled away. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of a slight fear that he might, once more, meet that half-shaved shirt-sleeved officer who had ordered him whipped, he went almost every day to the Common. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She angrily whipped off some gibberish and the merchants gawked even more. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the nurseries all the little boys were moving heaven and earth to persuade their mothers to have hard pears for dinner, which were stewed in honey-syrup and vinegar, and eaten with whipped cream. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

One lunged at Bianca, and I thought she was a goner, but she whipped out her hunting knife and stabbed the warrior in the chest. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was a frigid afternoon and the wind was fierce, whipping the fine dust up in soft clouds. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A hiss of whispers whipped up into raised voices. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then François’s lash descended, and Buck had the satisfaction of watching Spitz receive the worst whipping as yet administered to any of the teams. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

The icy wind whipped and scratched worse than Violet’s tail ever had. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Aimee whips around, slamming her phone against the counter, startling everyone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting on my hands in her cramped, sweltering office that has shelves covering every wall, each stuffed with piles of books and loose papers looking ready to whip around the room in a windstorm. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Although I did not know it, I was on the tip end of the human whip. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to hold it back, but the wind swept down from the green coastal mountains, whipping the rain into gray waves that blinded him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was whipping the cotton trousers around my legs and I looked for some place where the sand wouldn’t kick into my eyes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fowler would have given you a good whipping if I hadn’t stopped him,” said Rufus. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Seven whipped out her trusty faux-dragon-scale notebook and read from her notes. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was accustomed to the silence now, but except for the wind whipping around, things seemed even quieter than they had been just two days before. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Tree branches whipped against the side of the house. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Violet’s next plan—to fall back in love with her husband—whipped her before it got on a good footing. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If something whipped back and forth, it also needed to spin on an axis, bob up and down, and hurl through a jet spray of filthy water. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

After the way I’d done bad and brought shame on the family, I deserved the whipping. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When she whipped out the hairbrush, the slip of paper with Mr. Kapasi’s address on it fluttered away in the wind. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Now that he is emperor, the mountains bleed red where he has whipped them to make room for his Vast Wall,” the king continued, either not hearing Yishan or ignoring him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Strawberry syrup glistens on it and a big dollop of whipped cream sits pretty on top. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Moving quicker than lightning, the cuco whipped around to Beefy’s crib, trying to grab the baby. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He whipped out a short dagger with an ivory handle and a wavy blade. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she started whipping things at Sherm—pencil case, phone, binder. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In one claw he grasped a long pole with a ferret’s head spiked to it, while in the other was his thick, enormous tail, which he cracked like a whip. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The rain had finally stopped, but the wind carried on, whipping the prairie grass. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I whip out my phone and type a message to her. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Those on horses were whipping their horses, trying to make them go faster. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The teamster cursed at them and drove them off with a crack of his whip. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Speak up, Turner. Good Lord, don’t mumble like a little whipped boy.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Replacing them, he looked straight at me, “It is no surprise that a boy might fear a whipping enough to drug himself for it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His legs felt like steel springs and his arms were whips. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cool morning air whipped his face, waking him far more effectively than Wood’s long talk. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I take it in both hands and whip it through the air. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

His tupelo tree lashed and coiled like a whip in the wind. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The minute he disappeared, I whipped into the bathroom and, concealed behind the dirty, aluminum-colored Venetian blind, watched Irwin's monkish face appear in the door crack. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She starts to shake her head, but Mister Brother has superhuman hearing and whips the case open and hands me the necklace before she finishes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Fadi stepped back as the silver train pulled into the station, sending a burst of wind whipping through his hair. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

An icy wind howled, whipping its way through my scantily dressed limbs, and the thought of waiting another four hours numbed me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the guards noticed them talking then and slashed at Besa with his whip. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elsie shrieks as a gorilla hybrid gets frighteningly near, but it’s beaten back by a female agent with a laser whip. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Just a little something I whipped up in my spare time. Wish I could give you more than a few seconds of burn, but at least it got us out of there.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As they crossed the clearing Kit recoiled at the objects that stood between her and the Meeting House; a pillory, a whipping post and stocks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“He gone whip him till that white boy call him Momma.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push her off me and she falls backward, whipping her head back and forth like... Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When he raised his whip, he saw that the lash was burning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Coming out of Kate’s he had touched his sobbing brother and Aron had cut him down with a fist like a whip. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But—” said the other blonde, then stopped as her mistress’s head whipped around. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He whips out an old man’s worn leather wallet and shows me his driver’s license. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

All the animals capered with joy when they saw the whips going up in flames. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And Adam, like anyone in the world, feared what whipping would do to his body and his spirit. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His tail whips and licks against our little cardboard Cadillac covered in spray paint. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It scared me, made me wonder how long it would be before I made a mistake that would give someone reason to whip me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mama laid her head back on Ophie’s shoulder and fell back asleep, but Ophie whipped her head around, and sure enough, standing behind her was Aunt Rose. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He whipped his arm through the air like he was getting ready to throw a rope. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The dangling lute string whipped him on the ear. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The path was easier now, made of crushed gravel and graded rocks, and he cracked his whip to urge the four black stallions on faster. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

That provoked more laughter from the bidders, and a scowl from the auctioneer, who was fingering his whip indecisively as he tried to puzzle out whether this would work to his benefit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo whipped the leather thong against the metal, and the bell hummed quietly in reply. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It sprang to life at once; long, prickly, bramblelike vines flew out of the top and whipped through the air. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The man rests the whip on his hip. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tears stung her eyes, and the whip creaked as it rose again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Sweet, sweet . . . And if you wanted me too, why didn’t you ...” The whip was hanging on a nail by the door, ready to hand against the arrival of reporters. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a playground and all the other children are jealous because I got to play ‘get whipped bloody and banned from the Archives’ and they didn’t.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He would have let them come down and whipped them around Verona. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me, Hammie whips her own board up sharply enough to veer herself off to the right. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he brought the whip down across the slave’s back. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Fitzsimmons handed the jockey his whip, then rode his own horse right past him to win, urging him with nothing but hands and voice. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amid the grumbling of a bunch of fishermen, she whips her head around to look at us. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He once wrote and told her that all the punishment and whippings doled out by Danny had, for all their horror, one positive side effect. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I can whip up something for you really quick,” I offer to Justin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Big Ma wasn’t the kind to fall back on a promise, and she had promised me a whipping. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The witch-queen drove her chariot down a forest path, lashing the flanks of the twin white billy goats with a whip when they flagged. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Smiling, he gained the saddle of his horse and whipped his horse along, thanking the old man, who rode with him now until they were out of sight and hearing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the handle from the icebox fell off, all the deweys got whipped, and in dry-eyed silence watched their own feet as they turned their behinds high up into the air for the stroke. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He unwrapped the lines from the whip stock, and the horses turned so sharply that the wheel screamed against the guard. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘There was an orc with a whip, and then it turns into Sam! Then I wasn’t dreaming after all when I heard that singing down below, and I tried to answer? Was it you?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But nothing could have prepared the weaker ones for those long nights, when the temperature plummeted and the wind whipped over the island. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mirren stands with her feet on the lower half of the barrier, waving joyfully, her hair whipping in the wind. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

We stand out in the meadow flying the kite, and I watch the blue-and-yellow-and-green tail whipping around in the breeze, and I’m thinking about Shiloh’s tail, the way it wags. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Let him wait. And mind your own affairs, whipping boy." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

August, Rosaleen, and I stood on the screen porch that jutted off the back of the kitchen and watched the clouds bruise dark purple over the treetops and the wind whip the branches. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were whipping along so fast it was hard to hear or see anything, but Tyson pointed toward the woods and I saw what he was worried about. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, there’s something solid beneath my feet, and a cool breeze whips across my face. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Big Ma would not love Cecile, but she would love us, even when she was whipping us. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

How a four horse team whipped into a run on a straightaway consumes the road, surging and surging over it! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And lots of those plastic coffee drink domes smeared with whipped cream and smudges of caramel sauce glop. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It didn’t go out with the Baby Ruth wrappers and the fallen licorice whips. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Laborers were subject to almost continual lashing by long horse whips, and those who collapsed due to injuries or exhaustion were often left to die. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was the first time Francie had ever eaten Jell-O and whipped cream. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers were more formal than those we knew in Stamps, and although they didn’t whip their students with switches, they gave them licks in the palms of their hands with rulers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mango takes off for shelter in the trees, and I freeze while the wind whips up around me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Burton whipped out a pen and signed the papers with a smirk. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Each time the whip struck, it would make cuts and lay the man’s back bare—a vicious punishment from which men often died. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a noise like a whip crack. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He whipped up his arm and waggled his finger. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Similarly, if and when crime rates rise—which seems likely if the nation’s economy continues to sour—nothing would deter politicians from making black and brown men, once again, their favorite whipping boys. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He whipped the shovel forward, but not nearly hard enough. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The image she’d chosen showed a lean woman in motion, her shimmering dress whipped around her limber body as a man in a tuxedo dragged her across the dance floor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

We bought red licorice whips, bubble gum, orange Popsicles, black jawbreakers that faded to a seed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She needed rest after days of running, after the dogs and the whipping. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I said, cracking my voice like a whip, startling the students’ attentions back to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One man said he was ‘whipped every time I turned around.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s tightness to the sheriff’s voice, but I’m too relieved that the whip has ceased its torment for the moment to analyze why he would even listen to Mr. Gideon in the first place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They whipped their hair vigorously, hands flying up and down the necks of their guitars. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dodds lashed her whip around my sword hand while the Furies on the either side lunged at me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

His black eyes whipped a glance over the deck, seeing everything, looking at no one. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It whipped across the cliff tops, spiraled into the moonlit Channel. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He watched it, his mouth open, staring through the blur of tears which the cold wind had whipped into his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cala stands, centers, and whips her arm around quick as a camera flash. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

As soon as summer comes around, her family whips out these loose cotton tunics in colorful designs that her grandma sends from abroad. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I was too terrified to close my eyes, though the cool forest air whipped against my face and burned them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He heard the whip before he felt it, a whistle in the air, thin and sharp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Real wind whips around us—it even smells like the outdoors. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"A whipping boy is supposed to yowl like a stuck pig! We dress you up fancy and feed you royal, don't we? It's no fun if you don't bawl!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some teachers, particularly the women, were sympathetic and did not whip me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brokk counted, and at the bottom of the downstroke he whipped one hand from the bellows and swiped at the fly, with such speed and such strength that Loki barely escaped with his life. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He whipped off his shirt, ran a fingertip up his spine. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The resulting roar from the students jerks Barrius out of his stupor, and as the legionnaires tie him to the whipping post, he writhes and bucks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

His voice sounded like the crack of a whip, and he was always smiling, eyebrows arched and mischievous. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Knowing that the horse, when forced, tended to become obstreperous, Pollard may have decided to err on the side of caution and advise Workman to withhold the whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard all about this rally some kids whipped up. I’m guessing that’s you and your friends. But what if I offered you atop-of-the-line Crock-pot or a new bedspread or a whole room makeover?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Plumes of snow whip up as they zoom by. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had never felt the whip across my own back. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s good,” I told Aunt Goldie as she sprinkled walnuts on top of my whipped cream. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Take a chaw of garlic, whipping boy. It'll improve the taste considerable." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

High winds whipped through the trees, shaking free leaves and fruit. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He risked the whipping post to come back and help me. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I remember what Bedi Ma'am said about conductors as I whip our tickets out of my pocket. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Their wind whipped around us, cold as the blades that glistened in their hands. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think anything could make me get up just then—until I saw Fowler raising his whip again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They would be home by now, Beatrice with her suit-case unpacked, going out into her garden and taking up her ordinary routine, and Giles preparing for his match, renewing the whipping on his bat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t this make a good whip with which to keep him in line? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko whipped out his portable radio and said, “I’m calling for backup.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked along in silence the rest of the evening, the only sounds the crunch of the frozen mud beneath our feet and the cracks of the kapos’ whips. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sea breeze caught her silver-black hair, whipping it away from her face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I leaped toward the high chair and whipped a loose cloth diaper off the back of it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Frigg picked up a stone and whipped it toward her son. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jepson’s slaves would boast his ability to whip Colonel Lloyd. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

“This is going to sting a bit,” said the drüskelle holding the whip. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Two minutes more and the room whipped out of town to the jet cars wildly circling an arena, bashing and backing up and bashing each other again. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few wind- whipped and decrepit Victorian mansions, remnants of a lost era of seagoing optimism, loomed out of the snowfall on the town’s sporadic hills. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“With riders reversed, Seabiscuit would have won by half a length. Jack Pollard did not go to the whip near the wire until too late. The defeat may be chalked up to Mr. Pollard.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But while his breath was no longer that of a puppy, Hagar could still whip it into a pant when he was seventeen and she was twenty-two. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hank whips out a soft tape measure and circles the end of my stump. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

My head whips nearly around with the force of it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I whip my head around to see my brother standing in the middle of my bedroom, a nervous grin on his face. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The wind’s whipping pieces of my drawings—mostly family portraits now—out of Fry’s hands as he tears up one, then another. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And anyhow, I’d be with Samira, who I knew scared them whenever she glared through her blue glasses and flipped her long braids like a whip. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their delicate, showy hopefulness shooting from forsythia and lilac bushes meant only a change in whipping style. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weather-beaten was the word—the house was a whipped mutt. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I seemed to have my best ideas while driving through the countryside with the wind whipping through the window. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my mind was darting from one thought to another, trying to tune out the whipping. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia whipped out her phone and typed while April mulled. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“George caused a diversion by dropping another Dungbomb, I whipped the drawer open, and grabbed — this. ” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I scooted down in my seat as it whipped past us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The way Danny the K glared at me, I could only guess his mama had given him the whipping of his lifetime the other day. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Smith lifted the buggy whip and flicked it over Seabiscuit’s flanks just as he hit the bell. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Missing Tooth whipped off his woolen cap and smacked Screecher in the face. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Never in my life have I seen the like. What I ought to do is whip both of your tails.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Now the boat was all noise, with wind luffing die sails and the boom slamming back and forth and the sails popping, ropes whipping and clacking, and the halyards slapping against the mast: whap, whap. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a simple blade of grass and whipped the snake on the back, leaving it paralyzed, he then grabbed it by the head and snapped its spine. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

One morning my dad was heading out on a tarpon-fishing charter when he spotted Mr. Carmichael whipping the dogs with a bungee cord. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

A whipping didn’t come without what Big Ma calls “a wisdom.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

If you can solve one, you’ve got the other one whipped. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once more the crew froze to attention; once more Captain Prince came on board, and whipped that stern glance around, seeing everything, looking at no one. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when Moqorro said, “Your lost lambs will return to the flock off the isle called Yaros,” the captain said, “Pray that they do, priest. Or you may be the next to taste the whip.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He dramatically whipped from his pelvis the sheet, flapping it open. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His stinging tail was straight out behind him, but he could whip it up in a flash of time. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vaguely he threatened her with whipping if she did not obey him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her knees ached from banking hard, whipping through turns so quickly that her body seemed to weigh a ton. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We stood outside in the cold, the winter air whipping through the thin cotton of my pajama pants. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had built his hatreds little by little—beginning with a mother who neglected him, a father who alternately whipped and slobbered over him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Breakfast isn’t sitting too well, and I don’t fancy throwing up halfway through being whipped.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The trees started to rush by, whipping Tally’s arms with the sharp stings of evergreen needles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Already he is feeling the whip coming down like judgment on his bared back. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“How nice of you to remember to bring your plate out,” the Old Lady said, squirting some whipped cream out of a can. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You think you been whipped? You don’t know what a whippin’ is yet!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The wind and rain that had pelted the island all week strengthened that night into a vicious band of storms that closed blackly over the sky and whipped the sea into foam. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I no longer felt anything except the lashes of the whip. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was so full of promise, and the sea was whipped white with a merry wind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded as the gust whipped loose soil and leaves all around us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never had a whipping like he’d give you if he found that book. Some of that reading...He’d take you to be another Denmark Vesey. You know who Vesey was?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Read in the paper, afternoon paper, what they ordered for their last meal? Ordered the same menu. Shrimp. French fries. Garlic bread. Ice cream and strawberries and whipped cream. Understand Smith didn’t touch his much.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whips around like he hadn’t heard Tim drop me off. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Under the whips and clubs of kapos and SS officers, we marched out through the front of Auschwitz. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s too bad about Rayburn. I know some easy dog treats I could whip up and drop off tomorrow,” I said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I whip my head up, glaring at him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It was raining when Fina and I woke up, but now the air is clean and there’s a breeze whipping around the bright morning like Boomer zigzagging after a squirrel. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I retired from his presence,” he would say later, “with the belief that my commander was a whipped man.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I look at the scars on my legs from when Papito whipped me as I dangled from the rafters. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hair is whipped by the wind coming off the water, and my eyes burn in the salty cold. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I whip back to Bill, who is now frantically chambering his next bullet. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Somehow we got through an interminable dinner, and then for entertainment Miss Brown sat down at the piano and whipped through her stock party piece, “The Minute Waltz,” in fifty-two seconds by Father’s pocket watch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

"The king has offered a reward for the whipping boy. Here he stands. Turn him in." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The powerful tail whipped expertly out, slashing across the rat’s face with its poisoned metal war barb. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

No one said anything, and I worried we would all be whipped for the crime. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were herded up a ramp into one of the train cars under the whips and clubs of the kapos and SS officers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A strong wind whipped up dust, debris, and gravel and forced the bus to slow down to a snail’s pace. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

One lifts a dagger high above her heart, but before it comes down, I whip my scim around and through his neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As we hurried past, I saw a woman spit at a soldier, I saw the soldier raise a whip in the air. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jenna and I wave, long hair whipping around our faces, but I don’t think he sees us. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She whips out a clean piece of paper and starts setting out tasks. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

These thoughts spiraled in Emily’s mind while she zoned out, watching Liam flick open his Zippo with a lit flame, then whip the top closed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He whips a thick leather strap off a hook on the wall, and Alex almost blacks out. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I half expect him to whip out his phone to consult Google on the issue. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Loving you is the worst thing that has ever happened to me—worse than the Commandant’s whippings, worse than the Trials. It’s torture, Elias.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That they shall pay a fine of forty shillings each, and that they be forbidden hereafter, on certainty of thirty lashes at the whipping post, to enter the boundaries of the township of Wethersfield. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As if the thought must be made real, a body bumps into Mark’s knee, then whips past in the river—a woman. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Crispin,” he scolded, “I waited all afternoon for you to return. Did you forget me so soon? Is this the way you repay my kindness? I should give you a sound whipping.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

David hissed from behind as she whipped through the trees. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I ain’t seen the tinkerer since the day of my whipping, and I owe him a hearty thanks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

So saying, he jerked my cap off, and started whipping me in the face with it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a mild anesthetic, a stimulant, and a vascular constrictor, which is why I hadn’t bled like a stuck pig when they’d whipped me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Oliver picks up acorns and whips them at the trees. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Something unspeakable, down on all fours perhaps, perversions, whips, mutilations? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since in this particular case the bird is of little value, Edgar may be lucky enough to get off with a whipping. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“The lines are always a mile long and everything I need to whip up Spanish dishes is there,” Kent says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I whipped around, the hiss already coming out of me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She pushes up the sleeve of my sweater, whips out a pair of scissors from her jacket pocket, and cuts right through my friendship bracelet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone was forced to watch when a prisoner was beaten, whipped, shot, hanged, or torn apart by the dogs. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

An instant later the noise was on them like the blow of a gigantic whip. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A soft moan answers me and I whip around to find a figure lying higher up on the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But laughing dies off pretty quick when you’re by yourself, especially if it’s way past your whipping and your folks still aren’t home yet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Water whips off the lake blinding our view. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t dig potatoes, and he wouldn’t rake hay: He wouldn’t take a whipping, and he wouldn’t run away.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’m so overcome with gratitude that I have to remind myself: This is my reward for all those years of begging and pleading, trying to whip up enthusiasm and getting nowhere. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The Squallers circled in the sky, wind whipping the air around them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A bird hanging on a grass stem released a happy trill, and Sigurd whipped around completely, bear cloak flapping behind him, as he strode toward them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

If his foot wasn’t in the air when she checked on him, she’d whip his back with a belt. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Swiftly, swiftly, he whirled and bounded back into the trees, wet leaves rustling beneath his paws, branches whipping at him as he rushed past. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sky darkened again and the wind resumed, whipping the tree branches back and forth. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rain whipping wood, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, smacking at trees, beating out any sap. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Corporal Reynolds whips around, startled by the loud clatter of the handset against the phone’s base. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

You don’t whip out your smartphone or a newspaper right away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And on the sidewalk Mrs. Wilson had to whip her to make her behave. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Another man whipped a torch round and round his head and then lofted it toward the thatched roof of the stables. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The knight was naked but for a breechclout, his back raw from the whip, his face so swollen as to be almost unrecognizable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I put on my flip-flops and headed to the kitchen, where Mom whipped eggs in a bowl while a pan of what looked like chorizo sizzled on the stove. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

JT might be a cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream and sprinkles on the top, but his brother was castor oil. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each pinecone bounced off its target with annoying accuracy and whipped the young bears into a frenzy. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sigurd whipped the sword hard at Kin, and the horseshoes rocketed at him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Rishi whipped out his cell phone and dialed home to warn Ma and Pappa. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"Make way," Jhogo shouted at the crowd from horseback, snapping his whip, "make way, make way for the Mother of Dragons." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We got into the cab, and the cabman put the bags up on the seat beside him and climbed up and cracked his whip, and we drove over the dark bridge and into the town. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

As she whipped around tight turns and down steep descents, the world whirling around her, Tally felt like something caught in the wind, not knowing which direction the journey would ultimately take her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

According to Big Ma, a whipping and a wisdom went together. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Viserion,” he called again, fumbling for the whip hanging from his belt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And the thing that hurt him the most was that because of his problems—not the kids’ problems—Dr. Barnes was going to use this innocent little newspaper as the whip to send him packing. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

His whip had appeared in his hand like magic, pulled from his belt in the heat of the moment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I suppose you think you can whip me.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gen yanked her jump rope off her shoulder like a whip, only it didn’t look very threatening since it was hot pink and she’d put happy-face stickers on the handles. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Even without her whip and shield, she had an angry mannish look to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The heavy flapping of the curtains being whipped in the wind, or perhaps the rustling of many wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After the whipping, Papa said, “Son, we go’n go out to the barn, you and me. I think it’s time I told you a few things.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It cracked like a whip knocking the sword from Henry’s hand. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you ever whip me?” she pouted one night “Because I haven’t the time,” he snapped at her impatiently. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I choose bread, and on cue, the temperature drops, the air turns bitter, and the wind whips down ice from the hills. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My head whips left so I can look into my entryway mirror. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then later on if they slow down, he whip ’em for gettin’ lazy.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She would call a constable and have the ‘impertinent imp’ whipped for Sabbath-breaking. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a shiver, she thought of the whipping post, not so far from here. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But all the while he was feeling a growing exasperation with his whipping boy. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But,” 1 said, “in the old days the Austrians were always whipped in the quadrilateral around Verona. They let them come down onto the plain and whipped them there.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to whip you again.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did she have to look so whipped? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me too. My auntie whipped me good that first time when I told her I didn’t get no money. I said ‘Money? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were pale, her mouth stem, her voice a whip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was a red bow tied halfway up the buggy whip and red ribbons were braided into the horses’ manes and tails. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His cloth whipped over the black saddle leather. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come out and get your whipping!” my mother called. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in the enclosed quadrangle, the wind was whipping it into spray. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He added that the Klavalier Klub—the Klan’s whipping and flogging department—was now on the job and had plenty of friends on the Atlanta police force. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The sun square was on the floor now, and the flies whipped through it like sparks. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

After verbally humiliating me, the teacher called me up to the front of the class, grabbed a thick cane out of the cupboard, told me to straddle the table and whipped me a dozen lashes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks like a homeless guy begging for change on a corner, but instead of an empty can, he’s holding a pie plate buried under a mound of whipped cream. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Women could be beaten by their husbands and fathers, as long as the men used a whip no thicker than a thumb. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The world fades until a big rig whips by me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He let go of one arm and stretched it into the whipping air. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They took turns whipping him with the magazine of a pistol. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You think you could whip the heavyweight champion, and that you are smarter than anybody. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I switched the whip to my left hand without meaning to, without even realizing it at first, took hold of its worn handle, lifted it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A tentacle whips toward him but misses, grasping one of his trailing pages instead, crumbling it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

‘He will have none. If he will consent to bear you, bear you he does; and if not, well, no bit, bridle, whip, or thong will tame him. Farewell, Shadowfax! Have patience. Battle is coming.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I remember the Commandant’s whip and Barrius’s blood staining the courtyard stones. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He took his whip to her, and after that the godswife kept silent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“No, he’s not,” confirms Nick, and my head whips toward the doorway. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Out of the haze, Lita stands, her long white dress and loose hair whipping in the wind. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Grover had a cudgel in his hand and Juniper held a stick—like an old-fashioned whipping switch. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Victoria’s eyes widened, and she whipped out her cell phone and hid behind it, even though her tall red hair gave her away. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I cut through the sky, the wind whipping against my face as I kept my eyes high, staring intently at the horizon. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And according to her dagger, that crazy teddy-bear-strangling kid, Octavian, was whipping the Romans into a war frenzy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The wind dragged her hair behind her, then whipped it forward across her face. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

These thoughts spiraled in Emily’s mind while she zoned out, watching Liam flick open his Zippo with a lit flame, then whip the top closed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The wind whipped across the mountainside and Roz heard the familiar thunk! of pinecones pelting her body. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Finn whipped his gaze over to Natalie and Chess, who had their palms out, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go!” the sheriff yells from his horse, cracking a whip over our heads. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They stared at each other, tension like a whip cracking over and over in the air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The whip was laying in front of him stretched out and resting like it was a rattler that had got a good bite in on someone. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Quick as a flash of lightning, William whipped the leg around. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Amari looked around in fear and tried to ask what was happening, but all she received in response was a vicious slice of a whip across her arms and neck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it fended off the whips of branches better than her microfiber dorm jacket. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A whipping that would outdo my last whipping at age nine for letting Vonetta and Fern get into the grape jelly. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Kurtsinger began shouting at his horse, his voice whipped away behind him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And if I hear him again, I going to whip you myself.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he tore through the forest at full speed, undergrowth clawing at his legs, branches whipping against his face and chest. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He was brown, like the boys, wore dark goggles cinched tight through a mane of coiled dreadlocks that whipped about as he got his bearings. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Wind whips through my clothes, making the fabric snap. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Luke helped himself to an enormous heap of whipped cream. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then a black hail of debris whipped hard against my back and I hugged my knees to my chest, making myself as compact as I could. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Again he tried, and got a hand on the hatch handle, only to be whipped away once more by the heaving of the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park whipped around and saw Eleanor standing by the meat case with all four of her redheaded brothers and sisters. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My side hurt, my mouth hurt, my face was still bleeding, but none of that was as bad as the whip. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The ones from the colored schoolhouse were well-thumbed and she had to squeeze her letters above and in between other people’s scribblings, but there was no whipping attached just for looking at it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She would whip me for stealing, and I would try to alarm the neighborhood with my yelling. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was down the road a little distance, he turned to look back; she was standing where he’d left her with the rainy wind whipping at her skirt and the ends of her scarf. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were a gang of the smaller breeds being driven unwilling to their Dark Lord’s wars; all they cared for was to get the march over and escape the whip. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The prospect of taking a whipping himself had never occurred to him. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The warmth was whipped from his body as fast as it was produced. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

This time, no one was struck with a whip for cheering too loudly. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cluny tried again, this time whipping the tail speedily at the young mouse’s unprotected legs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Go now! If you come back into this house without those groceries, I’ll whip you!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This fear we are whipping up in our people. Bombs in women’s bras! Bombs in tins of baby milk! Saboteurs everywhere! Watch your children because they could be working for Nigeria!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I whip out a stick of dynamite from my belt and slap it onto the side of the structure as I pass through. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The goddess lashed her whip—a thin streak of stars like diamond barbs—and the horses reared back. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

One of the drüskelle came forward with what looked like a long-handled whip attached to the cables that bound them, and handed it to Lars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The wind whipped through her hair, knotting it with frozen fingers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The woman whips around and leaps off the couch. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“You poor, poor dears,” she cried sympathetically, “why don’t you pull hard?—then you wouldn’t be whipped.” The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d stand in front of the mirror in his trousers, his suspenders loose over his undershirt, and he’d lather up his face until the lather stood in peaks like whipped cream. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Odin?” said Shadow, and the wind whipped the word from his lips. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Calvin seemed to be arguing with Jordan, but Jordan shoved him aside, then whipped his arm forward. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

A couple of them swing whips of fire while others twirl staffs of glittering light. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But he whipped that car around corners, through darkened streets, and up into our driveway. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I think of how the Commandant’s eyes shine when she whips a student, how Grandfather boasts of his body count. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Or a tapeworm. Yeah, I’m sure. That’d save you from getting your godly hide whipped, wouldn’t it?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was still whipping up a furious ground-blizzard at the surface, but far above, the sky had begun to clear, revealing the hulking silhouettes of Everest and Lhotse. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But next moment Harry had begun to spin very fast, and the Dursleys’ living room was whipped out of sight in a rush of emerald-green flames. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, I and the boys—” Doc’s small hard fist whipped out and splashed against Mack’s mouth. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It whirs as my mother whips it through the air and down against my brother's legs. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

A harsh wind whipped at their faces, snow spinning in flurries. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Why hadn’t he used the whip late in the race? Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whipped off his hat, revealing a head of unruly hair. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Lyra lifted Pantalaimon close to her breast, and he became a black rat, whipping his tail around and around her wrist and glaring at Sir Charles with red eyes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say that! I’m just not used to you not whipping stuff up in the kitchen. You the only dude I know who knows how to burn.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Because he startled me pretty badly and because I figured he was probably about 43% deaf if he had been sitting there a while, I jumped up and whipped off the headphones. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long cream-colored banners whip through the air, flying Eldred’s symbol—a tree that is half white flowers and half thorns, roots dangling beneath it and a crown atop. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“What the—” Mr. Ray whipped around after hearing the belching and hacking sound of spit-up, along with my chair sliding back from the under the table and my footsteps running up on him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After years of whippings and abuse and blood, I should have known better. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her whip was gone, so she used her hands and feet and turned him north by east, the way the scout had gone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This last, of course, excludes those dismal slave parties, whipped and controlled and dominated, given by ogreish professional hostesses. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sunlight brought a slight warmth to the air, although the wind whipped it away the minute Matt stood up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey dug through her backpack, but if she whipped out a pad or tampon right now I was going to kill her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

During one race in his jockey days, he heard another rider cursing after dropping his whip on what he thought was an otherwise sure winner. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon Ladon was writhing now, a hundred heads whipping around, tongues flickering and tasting the air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I grabbed him in the driveway, dragged him up to the bed, whipped my pajamas on—I couldn’t wait till dark—and confessed. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Low branches whipped at Bran's face as they pushed between the trees, and the leaves brushed away his tears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She cracked the eggs in a pot, whipped them with a fork, dipped in four slices of white bread, and laid them out in the frying pan on the stove. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wears no hat, her red hair loose, whipping around her head in the wind. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m to be whipped and admitted to the Arcanum.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every time she flicked her whip, red flames danced along the barbed leather. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then she whipped back around and slapped both hands on her hips. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The air whips in and the sound of the city fills the taxi. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He could see his sister try to stop the whipping and being shoved aside. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Nearly all my whippings came from my mother. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wandered among the trees, parting the whip boughs with her hands, walking faster and faster, growing more and more anxious. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Though the drivers yelled and plied their whips, scuffles broke out and some blades were drawn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Old Rit drew the baby closer to her side, thinking, field hand, hot sun and long rows of cotton and the overseer’s whip. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the seventeen- year-old’s constant preoccupation—who could whip him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a dirty, deliberate outrage! She ought to have been whipped.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whipped around and saw Moaning Myrtle floating hazily in front of him, gazing at him through her thick, pearly glasses. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The band was whipping through its repertoire at the usual earsplitting volume. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Father sat atop the coach with the driver, who was plying his whip. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly he dropped the suitcases; he whipped out a plastic medicine bottle, which, like everyone else, he carried for just this. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

After so many months of going to high-energy campaign rallies with crowds deliberately whipped up into a shouting, chanting frenzy, the atmosphere in Grant Park was different. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The Furies lunged, their whips bursting into flame. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her long black hair whipped behind her as she fought through the brush. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

My hair ruffled with the light breeze, Edward stiffened, and the second male, James, suddenly whipped his head around, scrutinizing me, his nostrils flaring. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They overheard Richardson accusing Woolf of grabbing his bridle, and Woolf retorting that Richardson had grabbed his whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words bit like the lash of a whip. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vonetta whipped free and dodged to her left, then right, like a fighter in the boxing ring, taunting and teasing Fern. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Waves were reaching up, and their white foam, caught by the wind, was being whipped against the side of the ship. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aron said passionately, “You just let them try. If they go for to whip you, you tell them I’ll kill them.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They rounded a bend and the crack of a whip sounded in the air like a firecracker. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The taste of whipped cream and powdered sugar and the smooth calves of Herr Siedler’s wife. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Simpson had spent eighteen years in the Senate, including ten as the Republican whip, the second-ranking senator in his party. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The wire whipped up and away, writhing like a snake. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There isn’t a sport in the world he can’t whip you in.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z