LASHES in a Sentence

Learn LASHES from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

127 example sentences for LASHES, such as:

1. The author lashed out against chauvinism.
2. The alligators lash their tails in the water.
3. Never walk behind a horse in case it lashes out.
4. The wounded soldier lashed around in great pain.
5. The racer lashed the horse across the back with a whip.

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 Meanings and Examples of LASHES
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lash
 n.  any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
lashing
 n.  rope that is used for fastening something to something else
 a.  violently urging on by whipping or flogging
Classic Sentence: (113 in 8 pages)
1  As he did so his glance crossed Mattie's and he fancied that a fugitive warning gleamed through her lashes.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  Completely reassured, she shone on him through tear-hung lashes, and his soul swelled with pride as he saw how his tone subdued her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  She seemed to melt against him in her terror, and he caught her in his arms, held her fast there, felt her lashes beat his cheek like netted butterflies.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
4  Her eyes were pale green without a touch of hazel, starred with bristly black lashes and slightly tilted at the ends.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
5  But she smiled when she spoke, consciously deepening her dimple and fluttering her bristly black lashes as swiftly as butterflies' wings.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  The thick deep-gold lashes that set off the gray eyes of John Wilkes and Ashley were sparse and colorless in the faces of Honey and her sister India.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  She said, "Oh," again and their eyes met and the fluttering lashes were his undoing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  Watching him from under her lashes, Scarlett thought detachedly that he looked like a gigged frog.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  She gave him a sidelong glance from under her lashes and murmured encouragingly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
10  A flush went over Cade's white face and Cathleen's long lashes veiled her eyes as her mouth hardened.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
11  There were bright tears on Melanie's lashes and understanding in her eyes, and before them, Cathleen's lips curved into the crooked smile of a brave child who tries not to cry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
12  His faded blue eyes looked at her from under sandy lashes without surprise.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
13  She fluttered her thick lashes up to look at him and fluttered them down again.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
14  As she watched him through the veil of her lashes he turned her hand over, palm up, to kiss it too, and suddenly he drew a quick breath.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
15  She veiled her eyes with thick bristly lashes and moved a little closer to him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence:
1  Never walk behind a horse in case it lashes out.
2  The racer lashed the horse across the back with a whip.
3  Riot police fired in the air and lashed out with clubs to disperse hundreds of demonstrators.
4  The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy.
5  The author lashed out against chauvinism.
6  I was only teasing him and suddenly he lashed out and hit me in the face.
7  The wounded soldier lashed around in great pain.
8  Democrats lashed Republican plans, calling them extreme.
9  In this country, religious leaders have repeatedly lashed out against movies, music, and television shows which they call immoral and worthless.
10  Hurricane Katrina, which lashed the gulf coast of America in late August was the costliest natural disaster in US history.
11  There were plenty of things to question, but I never batted a lash at that.
12  The alligators lash their tails in the water.
13  It has eight lashing arms and two slashing tentacles growing straight out of its head and it's got serrated suckers that can latch on to the slimiest of prey and it's got a parrot beak that can rip flesh.
14  Serve by cutting the scones in half and spreading with jam and lashings of clotted cream.