| 1. | First thrash the corn, then after burn the straw. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 2. | Buck received them in comradely fashion, Dave ignored them, while Spitz proceeded to thrash first one and then the other. - from The Call of the Wild by Jack London |
| 3. | scurvy valiant ass Thou art here but to thrash Troyans, and tho. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | She'll snap at the master himself, and as good as dares him to thrash her and the more hurt she gets, the more venomous she grows.. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 5. | This was the pride that bore up Spitz and made him thrash the sled-dogs who blundered and shirked in the traces or hid away at harness-up time in the morning. - from The Call of the Wild by Jack London |
| 6. | Porthos boasted of the strength of Mousqueton, who was big enough to thrash four men of ordinary size. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 7. | I'll tell my big brother on you, and he can thrash you with his little finger, and I'll make him do it, too.. - from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) |
| 8. | "Why should one live All is vain To live--that is to thrash straw to live--that is to burn oneself and yet not get warm."-. - from Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche |
| 9. | D'Artagnan did reflect, and resolved to thrash Planchet provisionally which he did with the conscientiousness that d'Artagnan carried into everything. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |