How to Use pummel in a Sentence

pummel

verb
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  • The screen door slams shut just as the rain begins to pummel the camp.
    — Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
  • In the sedan there is no jaguar to flee or rival to pummel.
    — Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The Dodgers did what a good team does at Coors Field: score a lot of runs and pummel the home team.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2021
  • And the thwack, the sound of the glove pummeling the boxing pad, supersedes the pain.
    — Abby Ellin, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
  • Media and tech shares were pummeled, with red across the board.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
  • It wasn’t meant, L’Aigle-style, to pummel an entire town with rocks.
    — Chantel Tattoli, Wired, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Hard rains have pummeled much of the north-central U.S. in June, breaking records.
    — Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
  • He’s then pummeled by two men in the parking garage just before the credits roll.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
  • The stock, pummeled badly, now sells for less than five times earnings.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The action moves in and out of view, but one of the suspects’ legs can be seen flailing as two of the victims pummel him in the driveway.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But Putin’s forces have used air power and artillery to pummel Ukraine's cities.
    — Evgeniy Maloletka, ajc, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Then, as the rival began to weaken, Ali would seize the moment and pummel him.
    — Joel Kotkin, National Review, 30 May 2022
  • She’d just been pummeled by a wave of heartbreak and loss, by far the most intense pain she’s ever been through.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2024
  • The older man wrestles the younger man into a seat and stands over him, pummeling him.
    — Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • From there, Katie and Andrew S. grab some bats and pummel a bunch of ceramic hearts.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 July 2021
  • With the rescue underway, air strikes pummeled the city.
    — ABC News, 9 June 2024
  • Liddell flew into the lane from the wing to meet Jones at the rim and pummel the ball away after the U-M guard split two defenders at the top of the key.
    — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Yet the voices of these Indigenous people are drowned out as though by the winds and rain that pummel their shores.
    — Time, 6 Jan. 2022
  • One of the film’s most memorable sequences has Odenkirk as Hutch getting pummeled by gang of youths in a bus.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Their songs — driven by catchy synths and melodic bass — pummel the heart.
    — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The downpour pummeled the town’s flat concrete roofs and wide green orchards.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • James Paxton was pummeled for nine runs in four innings against the Giants.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
  • Later in the inning, Masataka Yoshida pummeled a two-run shot at the top of the zone for his first big league homer.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Severe weather has pummeled the Kansas City area in the last few weeks, and this weekend could bring even more storms.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
  • This Lambo will pummel your eardrums even through a helmet.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 6 Aug. 2021
  • As gunshots pummel their ears, Joel demands Ellie climb through a small hole in the wall and take cover.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The Dons pitcher hung a slider with two strikes that Adamski pummeled to dead center.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2023
  • In the second half, rain continued to pummel the turf at Providence Park as both teams sought to break the scoreless draw.
    — oregonlive, 13 May 2022
  • While the danger and damage to the region are expected to be enormous, the storm does not pose the same danger to adjoining states that Helene pummeled.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Many of his song lyrics criticize the ineffective response by the government in Puerto Rico to crises like the major hurricanes that have pummeled the island in the last few years.
    — Alexander Hunter, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2024

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