Examples of trounce in a Sentence
our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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Looking Ahead: Georgia continued its slide down the S-Curve after getting trounced at home by Missouri on Saturday.
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Estacado trounced Graham 75-38 in Abilene on Tuesday.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
A lot of tech companies that were big in the ’80s were trounced.
—Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The Bills trounced the New England Patriots 47-17, with Doyle catching one of the touchdowns that occurred on every offensive drive the Bills had.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Estacado trounced Graham 75-38 in Abilene on Tuesday.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
A lot of tech companies that were big in the ’80s were trounced.
—Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
The Bills trounced the New England Patriots 47-17, with Doyle catching one of the touchdowns that occurred on every offensive drive the Bills had.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Trounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trounce. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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trounce
verb
trounced; trouncing
: to thrash or punish severely
especially
: to defeat thoroughly
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