The swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The team's kicking was excellent.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

It must be that you think "kicking" is your throwing a hissy fit and never supporting your claims.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference

"It was just a pretty good butt-kicking is all it was.".    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball - Kansas vs. Oklahoma] Reference

'' You're not going to win kicking field goals in this league. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

"I've got a lot of pride in kicking long field goals," Hollis said.    From Wordnik.com.  [NFL - National Football League - Buffalo vs. Minnesota] Reference

I can tell you from long experience, that kicking is never of any use.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parables From Nature] Reference

Sounds like a good old-fashioned USMC ass-kicking is called for. name withheld.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes or Villains?] Reference

And rising from her couch she assists her husband in kicking the young man downstairs!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Responsibilities Of International Business] Reference

We've been taking an a.. kicking from the liberals like the Clintons for far too long.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dick Winters] Reference

Every army has its share of soldiers who delight in kicking and beating bound captives.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dark Art of Interrogation] Reference

I now realize is an extremely important volume in kicking off the new liturgical movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Singing Priests of Tulsa] Reference

You can't go out there against a good team like this and expect to win kicking field goals.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

It kept me on the edge of my seat despite my brain kicking in from time to time to ask questions.    From Wordnik.com.  [And so it begins...A Torchwood CoE Press Review] Reference

We succeeded in kicking up every deer into the property adjacent to us and no hunters were on that land.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deer Tick Virus Kills New York Man] Reference

He got a kicking from the press, who whipped up a negative storm in a teacup over how “harmful” it is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Be afraid, be very afraid……. actually, don’t be. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

Nonetheless, there's some satisfaction in kicking someone out for lieing to help him or herself get elected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paulson stadium: Was the "fix in" back in '07? (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference

At last I got so out of patience that I set to work again kicking for no use at all, but just because I was so angry.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Herr Baby] Reference

Lastly, let's not forget that CNN just like MSNBC did their part in kicking the better candidate-Hillary Clinton-to the curb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton: No truth to rumor she is considering New York gov run] Reference

During the Revolutionary War, he was successful in kicking the British out of Boston and succeeding at Saratoga and Yorktown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Best Founding Fathers | myFiveBest] Reference

No, it is the Republicans who need to have Gonzales removed, and it is the Republicans who must take the lead in kicking him out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

But for pity's sake don't begin kicking again, cried he, as he heard them flinging wildly about, at the notion of men coming so near.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parables From Nature] Reference

I think about which of my characters are going to slide into old age gracefully and which ones are going to go in kicking and screaming.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: October 17, 2004 - October 23, 2004 Archives] Reference

I like the idea of kicking off with the big problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

He called kicking a footman downstairs a hint to the latter to leave his service.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vanity Fair] Reference

It is flip-the-coin kicking and Cloke knows it is giving Magpie fans anxious moments.    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

There is no process in the world equal to it to break a kicking horse, for several reasons.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses] Reference

My kicking, which is normally my good attribute, I was just pushing the issue a bit too much.    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

As usual, we will be giving Liberals a good old-fashioned country butt-kicking, which is easy.    From Wordnik.com.  [MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory] Reference

Gardening too gets a kicking, which is odd considering it's an activity so close to Janet's heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [WalesOnline - Home] Reference

But the red-clover mix's aftertaste is enough to make anyone swear off the notion of kicking the habit.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Chew With No Bite] Reference

See, Nadia is alive and kicking, which is a good start, but she's also married to Sayid's fiscally irresponsible brother, Omer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference