Examples of shellacking in a Sentence
They took a shellacking in yesterday's game.
suffered a shellacking at the hands of a vastly superior opposition
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But those Boston comebacks and the 38-point shellacking to end the Celtics’ season weren’t only because of Brunson’s late-game valiance.
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The latest: After the surprise shellacking, Cook County GOP chair Sean Morrison resigned.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
The ever-optimistic and strikingly transparent RH CEO Gary Friedman and his company took a shellacking this week.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the other local Fortune 500 companies took a shellacking.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2025
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The latest: After the surprise shellacking, Cook County GOP chair Sean Morrison resigned.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
The ever-optimistic and strikingly transparent RH CEO Gary Friedman and his company took a shellacking this week.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the other local Fortune 500 companies took a shellacking.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Shellacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shellacking. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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