How to Use pulverize in a Sentence

pulverize

verb

• Bits of pulverized rock filled the air.
• The mower pulverizes grass clippings.
• The impact of the crash pulverized the sedan’s front end.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
• In fact, the cracks move at 4,000 miles per hour, which pulverizes the glass.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 15 May 2017
• In fact, the cracks move at 4,000 miles per hour, which pulverizes the glass.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 15 May 2017
• Once all the grass and weeds are dried, rototill with a rear-tine tiller to pulverize the soil.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 13 June 2018
• Don’t pulverize them; the sauce should have a bit of texture.
  — Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2018
• That battle pulverized much of the eastern part of the city.
  — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
• The Hawks were pulverized on drives in the first two games of this series and this looked like an attempt to shift that.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
• The Bruins also pulverized Asheville, 56-24, in points in the paint.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• When grinding the seeds, be sure to keep them coarse — don’t pulverize them to a powder.
  — Christopher Kimball, USA TODAY, 13 June 2022
• But this time, the effect has been to pulverize any sense of limits.
  — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2021
• This is a much better team than the one that got pulverized by Oklahoma and Ohio State the past two years.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 6 Sep. 2019
• Barton Springs crushes their germs with stone wheels, which pulverize but maintain the good oils of the wheat.
  — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2020
• Still, those road walks below the Rockies—as many as 45 miles in one day, on four hours of sleep—had pulverized his feet.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 3 Feb. 2023
• Megan has to look at her life the same way, or else the weight of the loss, violence, and vitriol she’s faced will pulverize her.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2022
• The Lions are 0-2 and had an ignominious start to the season in which they were pulverized by the Jets.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2018
• Pulverize 8 to 12 peeled garlic cloves along with a large pinch of salt with a mortar and pestle.
  — James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2017
• State wildlife officials did not say how long the deer was stuck, but the struggle went on long enough to pulverize all the grass and dig a small rut at the spot.
  — al, 16 Sep. 2021
• Go to whatever town or city Robert Card came from and pulverize that city.
  — Amanda Morris, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• While the water is coming up to a boil, grate the bar of Fels Naptha; use a box grater or pulverize the soap in a food processor or blender.
  — Jolie Kerr, Country Living, 19 Mar. 2015
• Once basil leaves are chopped, sliced or pulverized in a food processor, the leaves will darken a bit.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2024
• My two-cup chopper/grinder makes pesto, hummus, and spice pastes; whips cream; and pulverizes nuts.
  — Eric Velasco, AL.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• Swenson said park staff groom the Nordic trails with a pair of snowmobiles that pull machines that pulverize the snow and then set track.
  — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2020
• Millions of dollars worth of equipment that had been moved to an area deemed safe was pulverized.
  — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 21 Jan. 2018
• Use a food processor to finely chop the greens, but don’t pulverize them.
  — Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2020
• To make it, a mix of toasted nuts, spices, and seeds is pulverized into a crunchy, crumbly mélange that somehow tastes bright, earthy, and rich all at the same time.
  — Zoe Dubno, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2023
• All of it was released into the air when the buildings were pulverized into dust.
  — Noah Goldberg, The Seattle Times, 10 Sep. 2018
• It’s long been known that the plunge pulverizes satellites and other space debris.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
• Powdered greens are hardly a new concept: Dehydrated, pulverized vegetables, sweetened with natural sugars, have been stirred into shakes and smoothies for decades.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024