How to Use pummel in a Sentence

pummel

verb
  • 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
  • Kelce and the Chiefs went on to get pummeled by the Eagles, who beat them 40-22.
    — Sam Gillette, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The White Sox pummeled him for six runs in the opening series.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The truck's doors were pummeled with a sledgehammer that did not make a dent.
    — Arkansas Online, 22 Nov. 2019
  • This storm arrives, in due course, and Romy is pummeled.
    — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • It wasn’t meant, L’Aigle-style, to pummel an entire town with rocks.
    — Chantel Tattoli, Wired, 18 Feb. 2022
  • On the evening of March 13, a snowstorm hit the area dumping up to two feet of snow and pummeling the nest with strong winds.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Hard rains have pummeled much of the north-central U.S. in June, breaking records.
    — Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
  • The Wolverines walked onto the floor and proceeded to pummel Texas A&M from the start.
    — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2018
  • He’s then pummeled by two men in the parking garage just before the credits roll.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
  • But a large wave pummeled her, spilling her into the water.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Fisher said the force of the wind pulled her from her bed, pinned her against the wall and pummeled her with flying debris.
    — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2020
  • When Tropical Storm Lee passed through the area in 2011, homes were pummeled due to the changing threat.
    — Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 1 June 2018
  • And for one long stretch, when our daughters were all in their 20s, change came in a steady, pummeling stream.
    — Sally Friedman, Philly.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • DeBrusk was slow to get up late in the second, after Zadorov pummeled him in the corner.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • High-growth stocks were pummeled during the market’s drop last month.
    — Marley Jay, The Seattle Times, 7 Nov. 2018
  • The replies show people pummeling him with links and lighting his mentions up with all of the ideas.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Then, as the rival began to weaken, Ali would seize the moment and pummel him.
    — Joel Kotkin, National Review, 30 May 2022
  • The best players in the world are getting pummeled by this place.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • Consumers are flagging, pummeled by years of high prices and the sense that no one in power really cares.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
  • Because, man, did Brady pummel Buckley.
    — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
  • Asuka pummeled Sky with more kicks, but Sky was able to hit a stomp to the chest to take down Asuka.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026

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