lash - use in sentences

Object

  • pullers: Possibly bad foods: For lash pullers, Vitamin D enriched milk products.
  • rain: Vertical, lashing rain with a dash of howling wind thrown in for good measure.
  • ball: He lashed the ball into the net with Collinge in the home goal having no chance at all.
  • shot: Darren Bent lashes home fierce shot from the right edge of the box 1-0 43 mins: GOAL!
  • rod: The netting can be joined to the line wires either by rings or lashing rods.
  • coast: In Autumn many migratory birds use Bryher as a resting place and gales frequently lash the western coast making Hell Bay an awe-inspiring sight.

Converse of object

  • receive: The charge being part proved they were each sentenced to receive 200 lashes.

Adjective modifier

  • thick: In silence, in tears looming ( tears that hang from long, thick lashes ), there is beauty.
  • false: A great pair of English retro vintage false eye lashes.
  • dark: Dark lashes stood out against the pallor, tiny, like ladybird legs.
  • long: I saw her closed lids; their long lashes now gray.
  • black: His beautiful blue eyes, lined with black lashes, were raised.

Modifying Another Word

  • securely: All acting heads of state get their own throne, although each is personally responsible for securely lashing it to the sacred islet.
  • together: These were two canoes lashed together which could hold up to fifty men.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • out: We will no longer lash out against our machines.
  • down: To make matters worse, the rain was now lashing down.

Preposition: with

  • rope: If neither are available, make an anchor of metal pins lashed together with rope.

Noun used with modifier

  • eye: A great pair of English retro vintage false eye lashes.

Preposition: by

  • rain: The entire area was lashed by rain for up to 4 hours yesterday.
  • wind: My body was being lashed by a cold wind that smelled of burning leaves.

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