Sentence examples for were whacked from inspiring English sources

When stockmarkets fell, their capital positions were whacked, forcing many to issue new shares.

The insurers decided to act quickly after they were whacked by some very bad publicity.

Commodity prices were whacked – copper was down by 8% and oil by 4%.

Soon the middle classes were drinking it, huge taxes were whacked on it, and tea-smuggling became a serious problem.

That act also changed federal excise taxes so that homebrewers were whacked with lighter levies than big breweries when they sold their product.

The first over were whacked soundly by police with bamboo staves, but finally there was a large enough group outside that the police relented.

The forger was whacked.

My body has been whacked".

Had Tony finally been whacked?

And that they also need to be whacked".

He started out being whacked with six of the worst.