The campers had to flail their arms to ward off the swarm of insects. From LearnThat.org.
When we thresh our corn, the flail is the final cause of the separation of the grain. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
The scythe, the sickle, and the flail were the same as their forbears had used for centuries. From Wordnik.com. [Union and Democracy] Reference
I think the responses by the McCain camp highlighted by Eric above are the dictionary definition of "flail" ... and pathetic. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Camp Responds On Houses Gaffe: He Was A POW!] Reference
I think the best kind of flail for a beginner is a long cane. From Wordnik.com. [The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.] Reference
And breezes waft the sound of winnow and of flail. From Wordnik.com. [The Minstrel A Collection of Poems] Reference
Sometime he kotch de rawhide, an 'sometime de flail. From Wordnik.com. [Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study] Reference
Again it trumpeted, trunk extended like a flail of doom. From Wordnik.com. [This Crowded Earth] Reference
The sounds from inside, like the beating of a flail, continued. From Wordnik.com. [The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air] Reference
The flail was busily resounding within from morning till night. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
As I flail about, waiting to be torn in two I feel heat on my skin. From Wordnik.com. [In the Forest of the Snake People (Part 1)] Reference
Like a strong flail he holds his tail in the fierceness of his might. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
Hammermills will flail almost anything to pieces without becoming dulled. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
The Lord useth his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
The scarlet blot which sprang for his throat was met with the flail of the net. From Wordnik.com. [Star Hunter] Reference
A flail is simply a piece of wood about the thickness and length of a broom handle. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island] Reference
Their hands flail outstretched in front of them, grasping for something to hold on to. From Wordnik.com. [Westfield] Reference
The levers, 14 inches long, project from the frame and strike the floor much as a flail would. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
The man is pulling the woman, the woman is pulling her airborne child, whose pigtails flail back. From Wordnik.com. [Road Sign on Interstate 5] Reference
The huge legs pumped steadily, and the great arms were reaching out to flail aside clubs and knives. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
But he did manage to swipe one of the lumpy-faced men on the side of the head with one flail of his arms. From Wordnik.com. [Supermind] Reference
But every house lay in ruins as if the place had been knocked about the villagers 'ears with a huge flail. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Haydon's Quest] Reference
Unfortunately, like his predecessors, Musharraf continues to flail away hoping to stave off the inevitable. From Wordnik.com. [A Fragile Hold on Power] Reference
But while other 400-meter men flounder and flail in the stretch, his form is consistent from start to finish. From Wordnik.com. [Good As Gold] Reference
One eager thresher in his zeal breaks his flail at the bend, and a shout from the bystanders greets the exploit. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference
And at the first sign, Mother Corey leaped forward, dropping his flail and gathering Izzy and Gordon under his arms. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
It mattered not whether he approached from front, or right, or left, the same whirling flail of fore-paws was ready for him. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
As other industries flail, the company that makes Camel and Salem cigarettes just posted better-than-expected quarterly profits. From Wordnik.com. [Vice: The Recession-Proof Bet] Reference
He was a very good plowman, and no one in all the countryside could wield the scythe or the threshing-flail with so much skill and vigor. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
The plants are cut about 12 inches above ground with sickles, spread on sheets to dry for a few days, and later beaten with a light flail. From Wordnik.com. [Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses] Reference
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