| But for all of that, the breakthrough wouldn't come, however hard I cudgeled my brains. |
| We are being cudgeled into agreeing to wars of aggression, to make first use of nuclear weapons and to put weapons in outer space. |
| Sadly, as with many good things, doom cryers scurried up from their disgruntled burrows, saw people having a good time, and cudgeled the party. |
| She cudgelled her brains to devise some means of getting the better of her captives. |
| They considered her a very fine lady because she was not afraid of them, but cudgelled them about. |
| He cudgelled his memory, and at last he remembered it was the face of an old comrade. |
