Sentences with WHIPPING-BOY
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"The young prince was treated as a whipping boy for the mistakes of the king's son."
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"In some royal households, a whipping boy was assigned to receive punishment on behalf of the heir to the throne."
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"As the teacher's favorite, James often felt like the class whipping boy whenever something went wrong."
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"The manager used his assistant as a whipping boy whenever the team failed to meet its targets."
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"The coach blamed the goalie for the loss, making him the whipping boy of the team."
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"As the only person who knew about the mistake, Sarah became the whipping boy for the entire department."
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"The politician was looking for a whipping boy to shift the blame for the scandal."
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"The press secretary became the public's whipping boy for the government's unpopular decisions."
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"Being the newest member of the team, John became the whipping boy for all their jokes and pranks."
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"The company's CEO used the middle managers as whipping boys to demonstrate his authority."
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"The wealthy businessman treated his chauffeur as a whipping boy when he was angry or frustrated."
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"After the software update led to a system crash, the IT team became the whipping boy for the company's failures."
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"The journalist was labeled a whipping boy by the public for their biased reporting."
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"As a substitute teacher, Mr. Johnson often became the whipping boy for unruly students."
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"The defendant's lawyer tried to make the witness a whipping boy by attacking their credibility."
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"The company's shareholders saw the CFO as a whipping boy for the declining profits."
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"In the schoolyard, the small kid was often chosen as the whipping boy for bullies."
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"The lower ranks of the military often became the whipping boys for mistakes made by higher-ranking officers."
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"The factory workers union regarded the CEO as their whipping boy for the poor working conditions."
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"To avoid being the whipping boy in the group, Jake always performed his tasks flawlessly."
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"The prince used his servant as a whipping boy to take the blame for his misbehavior."
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"In the schoolyard, the smaller boy became the whipping boy for the bullies."
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"Johnny was always the whipping boy in his dysfunctional family, blamed for everything that went wrong."
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"The CEO appointed a junior executive as his whipping boy to shield himself from criticism."
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"The coach unfairly singled out one player as the team's whipping boy for their poor performance."
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"In medieval times, the king would often designate a commoner as a whipping boy to receive punishment in his place."
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"The politician used the government agency as his whipping boy, blaming them for his own shortcomings."
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"The celebrity's personal assistant became the media's whipping boy for their boss's controversial actions."
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"The CEO's decision to lay off employees made the company's shareholders the whipping boy for public criticism."
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"The teacher made the student who forgot their homework the whipping boy for the entire class."
