Looked at the lashing riders. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun : He received 20 lashes. ,the lash of his sharp tongue. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : The rain lashed the trees. ,He lashed them on to greater effort. ,She lashed the students with harsh criticism. ,The crocodile lashed its tail. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : He lashed wildly at his attackers. ,to lash out at injustice. ,The coiled snake lashed suddenly. From Dictionary.com.
He was painfully shy and found his expression in lashing out at people. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Gatiss: My family values] Reference
Perhaps Rahm is conflating these critiques from the left in lashing out at Krguman. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Rahm Emanuel Suggests He Agrees Stimulus Package Wasn’t Big Enough] Reference
That the Anglo-Saxon model took a ritual tongue-lashing from the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, was par for the course. From Wordnik.com. [Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
"His responses could best be characterized as lashing out.". From Wordnik.com. [How Two Elections Changed America] Reference
“His responses could best be characterized as lashing out.”. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: How Two Elections Changed America] Reference
The pointing of a lashing is a thing a sailor is very careful about. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1] Reference
The lashing was the same string or thong we had before used for the duck-traps. From Wordnik.com. [Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner] Reference
Sojan met it with sword lashing and axe whining through the air about his head. From Wordnik.com. [Elric At The End of Time]
Sojan was still in the thick of it, sword lashing everywhere and dealing death with every stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Elric At The End of Time]
The tutor stopped to pivot from the waist, his sword lashing out, and Conan was forced to retreat another step. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Warlord]
As sometimes happens, that lit my fuse, and I composed a serious word lashing on the subject ending with a big “Shame on you”. From Wordnik.com. [Azalea Earth Day « Fairegarden] Reference
Is it a kind of lashing out because well-constructed lessons hit a soft spot in their self images?. From Wordnik.com. [C is for Coursebook (by Lindsay Clandfield) « An A-Z of ELT] Reference
Fig. 176: The Square Cross Shear lashing is a very simple but secure method of passing a lashing which is commonly used. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: And they're kind of lashing back at "Consumer Reports," which doesn't take advertising, is kind of, you know. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2006] Reference
Donne - you shouldn't have to suffer any kind of lashing at all ... next time that occurs, you give 'em my name. that oughta shut 'em up. From Wordnik.com. [ActiveRain Real Estate Network] Reference
But it's not easy lashing 1.3 billion people into line. From Wordnik.com. [All That Glitters...] Reference
(The senator gave Clinton a public tongue-lashing anyway.). From Wordnik.com. [The Rabbi's Daughter] Reference
The enemy is feeling this pressure and clearly lashing out. From Wordnik.com. [In Afghanistan, No Shortage Of Suicide Bombers] Reference
But wary of making himself a target, he prefers lashing the GOP in private. From Wordnik.com. [Citizen Clinton Up Close] Reference
The skink is lashing his tail — it's flicking back and forth across my wrist. From Wordnik.com. [Inexpectatus] Reference
INSKEEP: So what happened recently when Jay-Z began lashing out at the music industry?. From Wordnik.com. [Rapper Feud Mirrors World Politics] Reference
Instead, they exhibit a relentless and extreme pattern of defiance, anger and lashing out. From Wordnik.com. [Troubled Souls] Reference
But the government has also ruthlessly quashed dissent and is lashing out at foreign criticism. From Wordnik.com. [The Editor’s Desk] Reference
Did the White House really try to interfere in the German elections by lashing out at Gerhard Schroeder?. From Wordnik.com. [The Oval: Bush's European Roadshow] Reference
A lot of times Michael has given the tongue-lashing and the other co-captain has patted guys on the back. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye To The Bulls] Reference
If Eminem was just a wounded child lashing out at the world around him, he'd be worth one listen at best. From Wordnik.com. [Slim Shady Sounds Off] Reference
For ten of them, I either won the appeal or succeeded in having the sentence commuted to lashing by whip. From Wordnik.com. [Bernard-Henri Lévy: Interview: Sakineh's Attorney Speaks From Exile] Reference
"It's people lashing out at what they think of as TV Arabs," says Hussein Ibish, a spokesman for the committee. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy Of A Hate Crime] Reference
The tongue-lashing was familiar to staffers-including the fusillade of four-letter words-and it got them moving. From Wordnik.com. [Testing Ground] Reference
"It is because the regime has begun fighting these terrorists that they have been lashing out in response," he said. From Wordnik.com. [THE SAUDI TRAP] Reference
For his part, the speaker was both agitated and apologetic, simultaneously lashing out at his "enemies" and saying he was sorry. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble With Newt] Reference
Whether the subject is child care or health care, the danger for Blair is that lashing out at the press can look just plain churlish. From Wordnik.com. [Tony, Cherie And The Nanny] Reference
During the 1960 campaign, TV newsman Sander Vanocur was smarting from a tongue-lashing by RFK when he ran into JFK outside a restaurant. From Wordnik.com. ['Black Robert' Finds A Role] Reference
The miners, still in their soiled work clothes and helmets, retaliated by lashing out at random with rubber truncheons, clubs and fists. From Wordnik.com. [Mob Rule In Romania] Reference
"You mustn't be offended," she says sweetly, after lashing out at her husband for his cheapness, his drinking or the loss of their child. From Wordnik.com. [Theater Review: 'Long Day's Journey Into Night'] Reference
When Tom Daschle's cabinet nomination blew up, sending Washington into a tizzy, he stayed calm and blamed himself instead of lashing out. From Wordnik.com. [America’s New Shrink] Reference
Quentin had his first memory of Hope a month ago, borne on January's lashing winds — the ones that regularly brought tears to his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Fractured Memories of Hope] Reference
They collided in the tilting aisle, their blades lashing out and licking against armor, stripping lacquer and squealing as they came apart. From Wordnik.com. [The Insult of Warlord Reishi] Reference
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