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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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verb

To finish successfully.

She worked hard to accomplish her goals before the deadline.

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Dictionary Entry

whipping

Part of Speech: verbPronunciation: /ˈwɪpɪŋ/Used In Literature ↓

To hit with a whip.

In a Sentence

The rider whipped the horse.

Origin

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Common Phrases

cream whipping. whippingboy whippingpost whippingwhipping wind
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Poetry examples for whipping

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

under rushing brown water. I smell tulips and narcissus in the air,

but there are no flowers anywhere, only white dust whipping up the

street, and a girl with a gay spring hat and blowing skirts. The dust

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