How to Use pummel in a Sentence

pummel

verb

• The screen door slams shut just as the rain begins to pummel the camp.
  — Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
• In the sedan there is no jaguar to flee or rival to pummel.
  — Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
• The Dodgers did what a good team does at Coors Field: score a lot of runs and pummel the home team.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2021
• And the thwack, the sound of the glove pummeling the boxing pad, supersedes the pain.
  — Abby Ellin, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
• Media and tech shares were pummeled, with red across the board.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
• The truck's doors were pummeled with a sledgehammer that did not make a dent.
  — Arkansas Online, 22 Nov. 2019
• This storm arrives, in due course, and Romy is pummeled.
  — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
• It wasn’t meant, L’Aigle-style, to pummel an entire town with rocks.
  — Chantel Tattoli, Wired, 18 Feb. 2022
• Hard rains have pummeled much of the north-central U.S. in June, breaking records.
  — Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
• He’s then pummeled by two men in the parking garage just before the credits roll.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
• But a large wave pummeled her, spilling her into the water.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
• Fisher said the force of the wind pulled her from her bed, pinned her against the wall and pummeled her with flying debris.
  — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2020
• The stock, pummeled badly, now sells for less than five times earnings.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• The action moves in and out of view, but one of the suspects’ legs can be seen flailing as two of the victims pummel him in the driveway.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
• But Putin’s forces have used air power and artillery to pummel Ukraine's cities.
  — Evgeniy Maloletka, ajc, 11 Mar. 2022
• Then, as the rival began to weaken, Ali would seize the moment and pummel him.
  — Joel Kotkin, National Review, 30 May 2022
• She’d just been pummeled by a wave of heartbreak and loss, by far the most intense pain she’s ever been through.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2024
• The older man wrestles the younger man into a seat and stands over him, pummeling him.
  — Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• From there, Katie and Andrew S. grab some bats and pummel a bunch of ceramic hearts.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 July 2021
• With the rescue underway, air strikes pummeled the city.
  — ABC News, 9 June 2024
• Liddell flew into the lane from the wing to meet Jones at the rim and pummel the ball away after the U-M guard split two defenders at the top of the key.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2022
• Yet the voices of these Indigenous people are drowned out as though by the winds and rain that pummel their shores.
  — Time, 6 Jan. 2022
• One of the film’s most memorable sequences has Odenkirk as Hutch getting pummeled by gang of youths in a bus.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
• Their songs — driven by catchy synths and melodic bass — pummel the heart.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• The downpour pummeled the town’s flat concrete roofs and wide green orchards.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• The upheaval brought on by the coronavirus has pummeled Frost and other banks.
  — Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 30 Apr. 2020
• Seeing that the gun wasn't working, the manager then pummeled Curtis with the handle of the gun.
  — Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2024
• The Falcons look to bounce back after getting pummeled by the Broncos last time out.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
• Moderna shares have been pummeled over the past year, losing roughly 57%.
  — Pia Singh, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
• The city Hollywood loves to spectacularly destroy in its movies keeps getting pummeled in real life.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 20 Feb 2025