How to Use woodshed in a Sentence

woodshed

noun
  • Aztecs tucked the tail and and was taken to the woodshed.
    Rachel Roberts, idahostatesman, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Well, his team was good enough to take Lewis' Bengals to the woodshed.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Snow fell quietly on the streets and piled up on top of the woodsheds.
    Jia Tolentino, Bon Appetit, 24 Jan. 2017
  • The woodshed should have been full by the first week of September.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • You were beotch-slapped by a better game day coach that took you and your team to the woodshed.
    Matt Jennings, ajc, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Last week shares of Kohl’s, Nordstrom and Foot Locker got taken out to the woodshed.
    Justin Lahart, WSJ, 29 May 2019
  • Many things that are very basic that any public school would be taken to the woodshed for not doing, haven’t been done.
    Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The two men who agreed to become Trump's top White House advisers have also found themselves in the woodshed.
    Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 28 July 2017
  • To cope with the loneliness and isolation his deafness caused, Hauck would work in his woodshed or ride his bike on the Tammany Trace.
    Kadee Krieger | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 18 Jan. 2021
  • Still, most experts do not expect Francis to take Trump to the woodshed -- or drag him to the confessional booth -- on Wednesday.
    Daniel Burke, CNN, 23 May 2017
  • From the woodshed to the mountainside and all points between, the ermine may have one title independent of its weight class.
    Author: Christine Cunningham, Alaska Dispatch News, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Inflation, which struggled to get out of the gate during an 11-year expansion, seems confined to the woodshed.
    Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 16 May 2020
  • During a blustery autumn storm, the tailwinds of a hurricane, the wind whipped through the woodshed and stirred up some of the papers, littering them around the property.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2020
  • A Stephen A. Smith survives, kicking and screaming hot takes, while others are quietly taken to the woodshed.
    Tom Hoffarth, Orange County Register, 29 Apr. 2017
  • One of the most affecting scenes in the book reveals its author, age 12 or 13, hiding out in a woodshed to watch the Williams sisters at practice on a rare visit to Bollettieri’s.
    Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2017
  • In her series, Bee is outdoors on what is presumably her property, near a woodshed.
    oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2020
  • Unsatisfied with an 8-8 season without a postseason berth, the Vikings head coach went to the woodshed and started tinkering.
    John Shipley, Twin Cities, 7 June 2019
  • Jack was an avid hobbyist—always working in his woodshed or on his computer or on perfecting his omelets.
    Longreads, 14 Apr. 2020
  • All credit to Jesse Marsch's side for taking Minnesota United to the woodshed with some absolutely beautiful play.
    Avi Creditor, SI.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Nearly everything associated with the ideals and institutions of liberal democracy, including traditional religion, was taken to the woodshed.
    Joseph Loconte, WSJ, 27 June 2019
  • Aztecs tucked the tail and and was taken to the woodshed.
    Rachel Roberts, idahostatesman, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Well, his team was good enough to take Lewis' Bengals to the woodshed.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Snow fell quietly on the streets and piled up on top of the woodsheds.
    Jia Tolentino, Bon Appetit, 24 Jan. 2017
  • The woodshed should have been full by the first week of September.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • You were beotch-slapped by a better game day coach that took you and your team to the woodshed.
    Matt Jennings, ajc, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Last week shares of Kohl’s, Nordstrom and Foot Locker got taken out to the woodshed.
    Justin Lahart, WSJ, 29 May 2019
  • Many things that are very basic that any public school would be taken to the woodshed for not doing, haven’t been done.
    Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The two men who agreed to become Trump's top White House advisers have also found themselves in the woodshed.
    Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 28 July 2017
  • To cope with the loneliness and isolation his deafness caused, Hauck would work in his woodshed or ride his bike on the Tammany Trace.
    Kadee Krieger | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 18 Jan. 2021
  • Still, most experts do not expect Francis to take Trump to the woodshed -- or drag him to the confessional booth -- on Wednesday.
    Daniel Burke, CNN, 23 May 2017

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