How to Use pummel in a Sentence

pummel

verb
  • It’s been pummeled by wrestling and rock ‘n roll—and lived to tell about it.
    — Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Media and tech shares were pummeled, with red across the board.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Hail pummeled the house as if it were being struck by golf balls.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The screen door slams shut just as the rain begins to pummel the camp.
    — Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The best players in the world are getting pummeled by this place.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • The men’s team got pummeled on its trip through Michigan.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The truck's doors were pummeled with a sledgehammer that did not make a dent.
    — Arkansas Online, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The stock, pummeled badly, now sells for less than five times earnings.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Their songs — driven by catchy synths and melodic bass — pummel the heart.
    — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • High-growth stocks were pummeled during the market’s drop last month.
    — Marley Jay, The Seattle Times, 7 Nov. 2018
  • Summers that pummeled the plants with monsoon-like rains?
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • Wall Street pummeled the stock but Cornell had the last laugh.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
  • He was dealt a few brutal whacks from a golf club and then viciously pummeled.
    — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The man’s wife pummeled the bear with a baseball bat, forcing the sow and her cub to flee the home.
    — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Major rains pummeled the area for the second major rain event in a week.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The borough was pummeled with up to two feet of snow in the historic blizzard.
    — Aziza Shuler, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • He’s then pummeled by two men in the parking garage just before the credits roll.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
  • As Pichai entered the water, waves pummeled his lanky frame.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 May 2026
  • Moody was pummeled by teammates in the aftermath, this time in joy.
    — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
  • On a crowded street, Morejón strides up to the man and pummels him to the ground.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Hadder and his friend pummeled him with kicks, Cordell alleges.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The downpour pummeled the town’s flat concrete roofs and wide green orchards.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The kids pummel Freeman with insults and boos.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • It wasn’t meant, L’Aigle-style, to pummel an entire town with rocks.
    — Chantel Tattoli, Wired, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The report notes that a big increase in supply is pummeling the south and west.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The group then continues to pummel the man as a group of witnesses look on.
    — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The White Sox pummeled him for six runs in the opening series.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The older man wrestles the younger man into a seat and stands over him, pummeling him.
    — Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The two sides have been pummelling each other with missiles, drones and artillery, with no end to the war in sight.
    — Guy Faulconbridge, USA Today, 9 May 2026
  • The replies show people pummeling him with links and lighting his mentions up with all of the ideas.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 11 Oct. 2019

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