How to Use trounce in a Sentence

trounce

verb
  • Right now, he is being trounced in the polls.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Mamdani trounced him three-to-one with everyone younger.
    — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • No point over-analysing anything from this game as a whole, expected a loss and we are getting trounced again.
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
  • So what is the path forward if trouncing the supply lines won’t produce results?
    — Sterling Elliott, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
  • None of us know yet that the Sparks are about to get trounced by the Aces, losing by 27 points.
    — Jade Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • The Bulls trounced the injury-laden Mavericks.
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Schiff ended up winning the primary and trounced Garvey in the runoff.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • Gold’s bull run this year has trounced even the artificial intelligence trade that drove stocks to all-time highs.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • On Friday, Heights trounced North Side 70-0.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Riggs won, but was later trounced in a rematch with Billie Jean King.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Mamdani trounced Cuomo in the primary by about 13 points.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Rachel handily trounced Horan with a quiz all about Niall Horan.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
  • That propelled Cox to the general election, where he was trounced by Newsom.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Republicans hailed the rejection of the gas tax increase after it was trounced by voters.
    — Claire Rush, Fortune, 23 May 2026
  • Republicans hailed the rejection of the gas tax increase after it was trounced by voters.
    — ABC News, 22 May 2026
  • Technology stocks got trounced in the last week as investors sold their winners and bought previous laggards.
    — Moneyshow, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Paxton trounced him in a runoff race days after Trump endorsed the attorney general.
    — ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • Dell trounced earnings estimates in Thursday evening’s release.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 28 May 2026
  • The only reason Cornyn avoided being trounced was money, money and more money.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Trump revealed no second thoughts after Paxton trounced Cornyn on Tuesday night.
    — ABC News, 27 May 2026
  • The Brewers trounced the Cubs in Game 1, while the Dodgers, came back and shocked the Phillies in their first game.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Even the b-squad was stacked with big leaguers who performed admirably and conceivably could have trounced the opposition on a different night.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The Knicks trounced the Sixers in Game 1, winning 137-98.
    — Laura Fay, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • Boise went into halftime trouncing the hosts in second-chance points (13-2) and on the boards (21-11).
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Now, the Hawks’ trouncing the Knicks in this category may be a tinge inflated, if only because of matchups.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Ten years ago, AlphaGo trounced human competitors—and its legacy is still present in today’s most advanced bots.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
  • More importantly, the 10a barely improves on the 9a, and the iPhone 17e trounces them all.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
  • West Virginia started their season with a bang, trouncing Robert Morris by a score of 45-3.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Damon Rutherford, of the plucky Pioneers, has trounced the Haymakers and entered the record books.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • To their credit, all of these PC laptops trounce the Neo on connectivity, if that’s critical for you.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026

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