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• My old lady was fond of corporal punishment.From the entry old lady
• Deputy Jones was promoted to corporal today.From the entry deputy
• He used to be a corporal in the military, you know.2017, Cara Dunkelberger, Magdalena: A Colonial Girl’s Epic Journey. From the entry listmaster
• Corporal punishment was administered by use of a thick leather strap called a ‘pandy bat’.2010 Martin Tierney, Reflections of a Dublin priest (Dublin : Columba Press) →ISBN p. 19. From the entry pandy bat
• “As a rule of thumb, Marine corporals, when a gunny asks a question, answer it,”2007, W. E. B. Griffin, The Hunters. From the entry gunny
• Johann Conrad Weiser had served as a corporal in the Württemberg Blue Dragoons.2006, Philip Otterness, Becoming German: The 1709 Palatine Migration to New York, page 91. From the entry listmaster
• You see, corporal, the human race is getting worse all the time.2004, John Horne Burns, Paul Fussell, The Gallery, page 124. From the entry no-account
• Corporal Humphrey told them the password and counterpassword for the night.2000, Louis A. Cavagnaro, Dark Sunrise WW II, →ISBN. From the entry counterpassword
• Corporal punishment refers to nonbrutal physical punishment in response to a child's unacceptable behavior.1985, Sandra R Mott, Nancy Fiero Fazekas, Susan Rowen James, Nursing care of children and families: a holistic approach. From the entry nonbrutal
• Corporal punishment, or ‘chicotte’, now exists only in the Congo army.1928 November 28, Daily Express. From the entry chicotte
• 'What's mental about him?' asked the lance corporal beside him.2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry Caledonian
• A corporal or sergeant would never dare address a captain or a major by his or her first name.2012, Abné M. Eisenberg, Prescriptive Communication for the Healthcare Provider, page 256. From the entry appellational
• Corporal Bob explained, “The Yanks has tha best weapons.2004, O. K. Williams, The Way the Cards Fall, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry yank
• He remembered Pam horse-whipping a blackguard of a corporal who was found to have interfered with the bhisti’s sister.1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books, published 2011, page 122. From the entry bhisti
• The dawn’s breaking over no-man’s-land – Dewdrops glistening on the poppies in the early morning sun! ‘Good morning, corporal!1975, Tom Stoppard, Travesties, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry tickety-boo
• A couple of boongs came down and carried me up to the hut where our R.A.P. corporal was.1943, Australian Army, “Timor Souvenir”, in Khaki and Green: With the Australian Army at Home and Overseas, page 119. From the entry boong
• Corporal Target is at the stab-rag—tailor's, sir.1943, Stella Gibbons, Ticky, London: Random House, published 2012, →ISBN, page 127. From the entry stab-rag
• Corporal punishment was used by both for disciplinary purposes; the pandy bat by the Jesuits, and the leather strap by the Brothers.2024 June 3, Gerry McArdle, “Celebrating James Joyce and those fearful Jesuits”, in The Irish Times. From the entry pandy bat
• Hercule--that is my husband's name, citizens--asked the corporal what the Committee of Public Safety wanted with us poor hoteliers of a wayside inn.2017 July 17, Emmuska Orczy, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel (illustrated), →ISBN, →ISBN. From the entry hoteliers
• There are different theses for tiger moms, wolf dads and eagle dads, even corporal punishment has been proposed to counter mainstream quality education.2015, Yuan Yue, Changing China: Day to Day Life in the New Century, page 47. From the entry eagle dad
• At the same time, the corporal had gone from looking like ten miles of bad road to looking like five miles of bad road.2010, Eric D. Shaffer, Camouflaged Memories: Vietnam and Beyond, page 74. From the entry miles of bad road
• Whenever officers resorted to corporal punishment of brewers, then, it seems that cucking-stools were sometimes reserved for brewsters (as well as for other female offenders).1996, Judith M. Bennett, Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England: Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600, Oxford University Press, page 105. From the entry cucking stool
• Recidivous thieves, on the other hand, must expect corporal punishment, which is meted out in addition to fines in money or goods.1970, Hugo Adolf Bernatzik, Akha and Miao, page 336. From the entry recidivous
• She had to explain that unguarded “Oo-oo-h!” and she wanted to get the corporal out of the way for a few minutes.1927 September, William Byron Mowery, “Tamarack Pass: A Story of Flashing Blades That Were Not Swords amid the Snowy Wastes of the Muskeg…. From the entry two birds—one stone
• The Bread of Angels is first taken from the tabernacle, where it rests in the luna, and placed upon the altar, covered with a corporal.1907 May, “Dominicanus”, “The Rosary and the Blessed Sacrament”, in the Dominican Friars, The Rosary Magazine, Volume 30, Number 5, page 494. From the entry luna
• And this particular Chisolm — as the papers had spelled out in headlines and opening pars — had been a soldier, a corporal in the British Army.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 419. From the entry par
• I'd loved being a fullscrew – a corporal – because I was still one of the lads and didn’t have too much else to think about.2016, Chris Graham, Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 111. From the entry full screw

Meaning of corporal

1. adjective Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.
2. adjective Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
3. adjective Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.

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How do you use corporal in a sentence?

Corporal is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “My old lady was fond of corporal punishment.”

What is a short sentence with corporal?

“Corporal Target is at the stab-rag—tailor's, sir.”

What does corporal mean?

Corporal means having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal.