How to Use drub in a Sentence

drub

verb
  • The two played last year, and Ohio State drubbed the Sooners in Norman 45-24.
    Chris Kwiecinski, ajc, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Then comes Harvard, which drubbed the Toreros 36-14 last year.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The lineup drubbed St. Louis starter Michael Wacha and produced four runs in the third.
    Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 30 May 2017
  • Since then, Kluber has kept up the great work while Sale has been drubbed twice.
    Jay Jaffe, SI.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Katy went on to win the 6A state title by drubbing Klein Collins 8-2.
    Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 19 Dec. 2019
  • With five players scoring 12 or more points, the Spurs drubbed the Pacers by 16.
    From Express-News Archives, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The last time the two countries met in a competitive match, Spain drubbed Russia 3 to 0.
    Anatoly Kurmanaev, WSJ, 1 July 2018
  • Oregon State drubbed a Big Sky opponent on the kind day that made people want to come back for more.
    oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The 2011 Yankees drubbed him for eight runs and eight hits during Duffy’s rookie campaign.
    Maria Torres, kansascity, 13 May 2018
  • Televisions hanging throughout the concourse were tuned to the game, the wine- and craft-beer-sipping crowd ooh-ing and ahh-ing as the Cavs drubbed the Boston Celtics.
    Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 20 May 2017
  • The small family drama was drubbed by critics, which set off a small panic in the Star Wars fandom.
    Yohana Desta, HWD, 7 Dec. 2017
  • Justin would drub his opponents by day and ask them to join his family for dinner that night.
    Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 5 June 2018
  • The Hurricanes instead kicked off the season getting drubbed by LSU.
    David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • They were also drubbed 4-0 by group runners-up Denmark in Copenhagen.
    SI.com, 5 June 2018
  • The purpose of the gesture may have been lost in the translation, but there’s no denying that the the Ravens provided the home crowd with plenty to boo about while getting drubbed 26-9 by their arch rivals.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Villanova's path to the Final Four: Villanova drubbed No.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2018
  • And after getting drubbed in their first loss, the Patriots downright deserve a rematch.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The Scots were ultra-disappointing to be drubbed 27-3 by their Six Nations rivals in Yokohama.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019
  • But even if the tax bill doesn’t help them politically, the Democrats are still expected to drub the Republicans in next year’s midterm elections.
    Graham Vyse, New Republic, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Oregon baseball avoided a four-game sweep in Hawaii by drubbing the host Warriors in Sunday’s series finale.
    James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Baylor inched one step closer to cutting down the nets as the best team in the sport, riding Butler's hot shooting to drub Houston 78-59 and reach the men's national championship game.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Marrone said Monday, a day after getting drubbed 45-10 by the Los Angeles Chargers.
    Mark Long, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The Wolves split those two games, blowing out Washington before getting drubbed by Milwaukee.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Dec. 2019
  • There’s no doubt that Republicans were drubbed in the House elections, and that the blue wave was powered by Trump’s extreme unpopularity.
    Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 14 Nov. 2018
  • The victory also allowed Xavier a measure of revenge after it was drubbed in two meetings last season against Marquette.
    Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Some Fox personalities quickly drubbed Mr. Barr for crossing the president.
    Katie Benner, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020

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