I've never suffered through a thorough beating, and it's difficult to imagine the aftershocks.

In a fit of rage and self-hatred, Walter gives him a thorough beating.

The worst showing probably was that of the Fox network, which took a pretty thorough beating.

Then, in front of the entire family, Gabriel gave junior a very thorough beating, and old J.D. rooted for him all the way.

But he had never given him such a cold-blooded, thorough, methodical beating as he did now.

"What she needs is a thorough beating."

Their fear seems justified, as Kenny's particularly violent lessons tend to involve a thorough beating or, at their very worst, liberal use of force lightning.

There was none of the we've-got-to regroup-rhetoric that normally punctuates a loss, even though the Giants had absorbed a thorough beating.

The rugs were due for a very thorough beating and the draperies desperately needed to be aired.