Sentence examples for the flogging from inspiring English sources
verb
To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.
The Taliban took responsibility for the flogging.
I was optimistic until the last minute before the flogging.
Eighteen Nobel laureates have written an open letter calling on Saudi academics to condemn the flogging.
The US, EU and others publicly urged Riyadh not to go ahead with the flogging.
Throughout the flogging the Caliph persisted in his attempts to obtain a recantation, but to no avail.
Just 4 per cent strongly support the flogging off of yet another public service, which gives an indication of how few hardcore free-marketeers there are.
Even so, one seller, who calls himself Allan for fear of retribution, says business is so good that it is worth the fine and the flogging.
Mr. Chaudhry complained that the police, instead of filing a formal complaint on the flogging the same night the video had first been shown, had waited several days.
The doctor recommended that the flogging be postponed until next week, Amnesty added.
She resigned her position as press officer for the United Nations, which could have earned her immunity from the charges and the flogging.
The doctor who carried out the medical check-up recommended that the flogging be postponed until next week, Amnesty said, adding "it is unclear whether the authorities will fully comply with this demand".
