Examples of trounce in a Sentence
our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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Auburn 83, Alabama State 63 Auburn is rolling on as the tournament’s top seed trounced Alabama State by a final score of 83-63.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
Trump trounced Harris on both qualities: 66 percent to 33 percent on leadership and a staggering 74 percent to 24 percent on disruption.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 22 Feb. 2025
Report That was not the case, as Kelce and the Chiefs were trounced by the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl LIX with a final score of 40-22.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
The Cleveland Cavaliers may have arrived in Oklahoma City as the league’s best team, but after being thoroughly trounced by the Thunder 134-114, the same can no longer be said.
—Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
Trump trounced Harris on both qualities: 66 percent to 33 percent on leadership and a staggering 74 percent to 24 percent on disruption.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 22 Feb. 2025
Report That was not the case, as Kelce and the Chiefs were trounced by the Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl LIX with a final score of 40-22.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
The Cleveland Cavaliers may have arrived in Oklahoma City as the league’s best team, but after being thoroughly trounced by the Thunder 134-114, the same can no longer be said.
—Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Trounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trounce. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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trounce
verb
trounced; trouncing
: to thrash or punish severely
especially
: to defeat thoroughly
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