How to Use trounce in a Sentence

trounce

verb
Definition of trouncenext
Synonyms for trouncenext
  • The last time Joe Arpaio ran for office, he was trounced.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Even the white teams who get trounced by the Trotters get paid more than the Trotters do.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The Blazers have gone 0-3 while getting trounced in three home loss.
    — Mike Richman, OregonLive.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The Three Lions won their first two games, trouncing Panama 6-1 in the process.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 29 June 2018
  • That trounces the state’s overall employment growth of 5.9% in that span.
    — Isis Almeida, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Last year, the Democrats trounced the Republicans, 11-2.
    — Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN, 14 June 2018
  • Six weeks ago, Inter Miami was trounced 4-0 on the road to the Red Bulls for their worst loss of the season.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
  • The Trojans have been trounced on the ground over their last three games, with 748 rushing yards allowed in that span.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
  • There’s no question a cool bracelet made from a bomb will trounce all other BBQ bling.
    — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 3 July 2018
  • To run an 81-year-old with a 38% approval rating who just got trounced in the first debate would be a risk.
    — Ezra Klein, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
  • Utah came back down to earth, getting trounced by Columbus in the battle of the two worst premier teams.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Are there other dramas that trounce the series in writing and in plot?
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • On the field in Moscow, the Saudi national squad was trounced by the Russians, 5-0.
    — Margaret Coker, New York Times, 14 June 2018
  • Either one is likely to trounce the rest of the competition.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • And Democrats got trounced in the 2010 midterms after passing the Affordable Care Act on a party-line vote.
    — Sarah Kliff, Vox, 18 Oct. 2018
  • Hogan then trounces Yokozuna in a way that makes the monstrous heel look downright foolish.
    — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Muncie Central trounced teams in their sectional games by 50 and 60 points.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In fact, the Dolphins were much worse than the Buffalo Bills team that the Ravens trounced, 47-3, in the season opener last season.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • They got trounced both times, wholly unready for the Warriors’ brand of humbling.
    — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2019
  • This time around, though, the team won their first ever finals game by trouncing the Bruins in Game 2 in overtime.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2019
  • For the most part, the long man is going to pitch when the game is out of reach, either way but usually when his team is getting trounced.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 2 June 2018
  • Harris trounced Trump in fundraising last month, but Trump has plenty of outside help to level the field.
    — Hans Nichols, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Since going public as part of that deal, its stock has soared, trouncing its rivals.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The Raiders, meanwhile, got trounced by the Rams and gave away last week’s game to the Broncos in heartbreakingly predictable fashion.
    — The Mmqb Staff, SI.com, 20 Sep. 2018
  • Carter prevailed, of course, but got trounced by Ronald Reagan in the general election.
    — Matt Bai, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
  • The Badgers had a week off to lick their wounds after getting trounced by Ohio State, but there’s no shame in getting beat by what could be the best team in the country.
    — C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • But more recently, Nadal had twice trounced Thiem on clay, losing only nine games in five sets.
    — New York Times, 11 May 2018
  • So even if the pace continues to slow throughout the year, 2021 could still easily trounce last year’s record for background checks.
    — Aaron Smith, Forbes, 2 June 2021
  • The first time was in 1929, just a few short months before the stock market was trounced in one of the worst crashes in history during the Great Depression.
    — Ben Carlson, Fortune, 31 July 2019
  • There is no use in trying to trounce Angelina Jolie on her own turf, and Vikander, wisely, does not make the attempt.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2018

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