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How to use lashing in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun

Lashing means something used to tie something or lash it to something. Example: “The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.”

Examples of lashing by meaning

nounSomething used to tie something or lash it to something.

  • The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.

More sentences with lashing

  • In the hours before daylight he sharpened the skids and tightened the lashings to prepare for the long dogsled journey.From the entry skid
  • And with lashings of the fruitiest, raspberriest jam in the world.2017, Annie O’Neil, Her Hot Highland Doc, London: Mills & Boon, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry raspberry
  • The macho-ish option: For lashings of pampering, mixed with a dab of grizzle, try Argentina.2012 February 9, “Trips of a lifetime”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2025. From the entry macho-ish
  • Imagine being stuck in a field in Galway with the wind and the rain lashing down.2008, Kate Thompson, Love Lies Bleeding, New Island, →ISBN, page 47. From the entry woegeous
  • Naturally it's compulsive Banksian reading, with lashings of gore, squalor, poison, torture and philosophy.2003, David Langford, Up Through an Empty House of Stars, page 214. From the entry Banksian
  • Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail.1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as…. From the entry noiselessly
  • Or you can serve it warm from the oven, with lashings of salted butter and drizzled with more honey.2014, Claire Clark, “Bara Brith: Wales”, in 80 Cakes from around the World, Bath, Somerset: Absolute Press, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN…. From the entry bara brith
  • Capital punishment was outlawed by the government but some plantation managers and luna still delivered lashings and other forms of abuse.2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 35. From the entry luna
  • He was involved in little more than a routine battle for possession near the touchline before lashing out at Dzudovic.2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England. From the entry steady the ship
  • A couple next to us were lashing back tequila, the whole salt-and-lemon vibe, and having a whale of a time.2009 March 31, Ken Bruen, Cross: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 264. From the entry lash back
  • Carlo Ancelotti's out-of-sorts team struggled to hit the target in the first half as Bolton threatened with Matthew Taylor lashing just wide.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC. From the entry lash
  • Also when I was young and lashing back pints, there was no great problem about it because I wasn't responsible to anybody.2009 October 16, Brian O'Connell, Wasted: Sober in Ireland: A Sober Journey Through Drunken Ireland, Gill & Macmillan Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry lash back
  • With this, if you are wise, you take lashings of the boiled rice which is put on the tables in huge bowls.1974 June 8, The Bulletin, Sydney, page 44, column 3. From the entry hot as the hobs of Hell
  • They were riding down to Wullunya in O’Dowd’s spring cart, all ajingle on the yellow road, lashing the water with their wheels.1955, Patrick White, chapter 7, in The Tree of Man, New York: Viking, page 75. From the entry ajingle
  • A lashing skiff of rain sheeted across the desert, a gift from the heavens that cooled my skin and allowed some color to return to the world.2019, Craig Johnson, Depth of Winter: A Longmire Mystery, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 246. From the entry skiff
  • With rain lashing across the ground at kick-off and every man in Auckland seemingly either English-born or supporting Scotland, Eden Park was transformed into Murrayfield in March.2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport. From the entry lash
  • As the owner of this sailboat, I fuss about on deck, lashing down oars and fishing rods, pigsticks and awnings, for what might be a bouncy overnight passage.1997 July, Yachting, volume 181, number 7, page 70. From the entry pigstick

Meaning of lashing

  1. noun Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
  2. noun The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation, chastisement.
  3. noun The or an act of lashing; a heavy falling or downpour (of rain).

Full definition of lashing

Questions about lashing in a sentence

How do you use lashing in a sentence?
Lashing is used as a noun. For example: “The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.”
What is a short sentence with lashing?
“And with lashings of the fruitiest, raspberriest jam in the world.”
What does lashing mean?
Lashing means something used to tie something or lash it to something.

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