How to Use thrashing in a Sentence

thrashing

noun

• Last week, in a 36-7 thrashing of the Jets, the Colts defense had two sacks and three takeaways.
  — Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• The latest Hoosier setback to the Buckeyes was a 56-14 thrashing.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2022
• So what have the companies done about this thrashing on Wall Street?
  — New York Times, 20 May 2022
• There was no thrashing of Houston on Sunday, in large part thanks to Smith.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 11 Dec. 2022
• The Bobcats got back in the win column with a 77-34 thrashing of Jackson State in their home opener.
  — Selby Lopez, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• The Thunderbirds started the week off with a 29-1 thrashing of the Eagles last Monday.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
• The Wolfpack’s signature win was an 84-60 thrashing of Duke at home.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
• That’s the same Auburn team that just three nights earlier on the same floor laid a 40-point thrashing on South Carolina.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
• The Packers, who appeared to be in disarray after their opening thrashing at the hands of the Saints, are now 2-1.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2021
• That string included a 45-3 thrashing of the Jets, who would eliminate them on the same field six weeks later.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
• An upset loss to DePaul and a 23-point home thrashing at the hands of Nebraska were harder to take because the Terps did not fight hard enough.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023
• That leaves it up to voters to deliver their verdict on Trump, which should be a clear and unequivocal thrashing at the polls.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
• As soon as a fish hits the deck (gently, so as not to bruise the meat) a deckhand dispatches it with a spike to the brain or spinal cord, which kills the fish quickly and reduces thrashing, which can stress the meat.
  — Tom Fowlks, Outdoor Life, 1 Feb. 2024
• One of the migrants died from the thrashings, and another committed suicide.
  — Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
• Oregon’s thrashing of Portland State allowed Jordan James to have the most productive game of his career.
  — oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2023
• Durability: Select a book that can hold up to the thrashing, tossing, and tearing of toddlers who don’t know any better yet.
  — Laura Denby, Parents, 30 Nov. 2023
• Two more shots, then after the animal finally went down, Heinert drove up close and put the rifle behind its ear for a final shot that stopped its thrashing.
  — Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2022
• Riverdale Ridge is heading to its first-ever championship game thanks to a second-half thrashing of defending runners-up D’Evelyn.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• The Eagles latest triumph was a thrashing of Hingham in a semifinal at Weston High.
  — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
• Locking in the all-wheel-drive system and the rear differential is more than sufficient for confident thrashing in deeper sand.
  — James Lipman, Car and Driver, 15 Feb. 2023
• In place of her cathartic body thrashing, the musician settles into the discomfort of perception.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
• But following both the thrashing at Houston and losing their head coach in the interim, Hines acknowledged the team has been inconsistent this year with results.
  — Mike Gramajo, Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2022
• That record includes a 4-1 thrashing of Liverpool in Naples and an eye-popping 6-1 victory over Ajax in Amsterdam.
  — Adam Digby, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• Their latest thrashing was perhaps one of India's best considering the hype coming into the blockbuster against an in-form Australia, who entered with high hopes.
  — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
• To finish a 100-mile race requires a psychological thrashing, and some runners have described a kind of post-race depression.
  — Meaghen Brown, Outside Online, 12 June 2015
• The Patriots were already in Southern California for their 45-0 thrashing of the Chargers, and even that little bit of rest could be valuable with only three days of preparation.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 10 Dec. 2020
• Of the Nightingale is a 45-minute thrashing, crawling, pulsing solo dance, designed both to exhaust and exult its performer, Stefania Tansini.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
• Jumping worms, which are native to many parts of Asia, are easily identified by their violent thrashing, slithering and actual jumping in the air.
  — oregonlive, 6 July 2021
• Instead, Bella waddles around her London home thrashing, blabbing, and twirling in elaborate blouses.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
• The program, following an inconsistent regular season, made its mark with a thrashing of Southlake Carroll in the regional quarterfinals.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024