skulling

Definition of skullingnext
present participle of skull

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for skulling
Verb
  • Traditional Japanese yakitori calls for spearing chicken seasoned with salt or a soy basting sauce onto bamboo skewers and grilling them over charcoal.
    SAVEUR Editors, Saveur, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Breakker went on to complete the match by spearing and pinning CM Punk.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Mohammed Ahmad Hussein al-Halsi was sentenced in 2016 to 18 years behind bars for stabbing elderly women.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Another Jefferson County circuit judge, Jessica Green, last year drew local and national criticism after granting shock probation to a 32-year-old man accused of abducting a mother and two children and stabbing the mother during a bank robbery.
    Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The carnivorous mammal's teeth-baring image suggests a wilderness pushed to the margins and lashing out.
    Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Vance often has served as an attack dog for the administration, including lashing out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during an Oval Office visit.
    Zac Anderson, USA Today, 21 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Collecting vinyl, clubbing at Berghain, contemplating polyamory—this is cool.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Which appears to be the case when Hana wakes up after a heavy night of clubbing with the messy debris of a large takeout assortment on her bedroom floor and yet somehow feels different.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Their premise is that international-relations scholars are flailing in part because they’re trained to think of their field, as its name implies, as affairs between and among states.
    Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In videos shared to social media, Beard, 52, can be seen stepping onto the court while yelling, pointing and flailing his arms.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Some proponents argue that if those interest rates were capped, banks could simply absorb those losses by accepting lower profits or slashing their marketing budgets.
    Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The company has largely outmuscled global behemoth Starbucks in China by slashing prices and offering a menu featuring a huge variety of options to cater to local tastes.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Before Katherine LaNasa was whipping the ER into shape as Nurse Dana on The Pitt, the actress made a memorable impression on Seinfeld viewers.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Legacy of Monsters, complete with a monster tail whipping across half the room.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Examples include a husband having the legal right to restrict his wife’s travel and employment, unequal divorce rights and punishment for appearing in public without a hijab ranging from fines to prison time to flogging.
    Ellie Austin, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Others have called out the boring marketing campaign based around flogging variants in order for Swift to finally beat the record for the biggest opening sales week for a female artist in history (currently held by Adele, which she is likely projected to break).
    Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Skulling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skulling. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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