How to Use trounce in a Sentence

trounce

verb

• Even the white teams who get trounced by the Trotters get paid more than the Trotters do.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
• The Three Lions won their first two games, trouncing Panama 6-1 in the process.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 29 June 2018
• That trounces the state’s overall employment growth of 5.9% in that span.
  — Isis Almeida, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2023
• Last year, the Democrats trounced the Republicans, 11-2.
  — Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN, 14 June 2018
• Six weeks ago, Inter Miami was trounced 4-0 on the road to the Red Bulls for their worst loss of the season.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
• The Trojans have been trounced on the ground over their last three games, with 748 rushing yards allowed in that span.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
• There’s no question a cool bracelet made from a bomb will trounce all other BBQ bling.
  — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 3 July 2018
• To run an 81-year-old with a 38% approval rating who just got trounced in the first debate would be a risk.
  — Ezra Klein, The Mercury News, 3 July 2024
• Utah came back down to earth, getting trounced by Columbus in the battle of the two worst premier teams.
  — Todd Boss, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
• Are there other dramas that trounce the series in writing and in plot?
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
• On the field in Moscow, the Saudi national squad was trounced by the Russians, 5-0.
  — Margaret Coker, New York Times, 14 June 2018
• Either one is likely to trounce the rest of the competition.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• And Democrats got trounced in the 2010 midterms after passing the Affordable Care Act on a party-line vote.
  — Sarah Kliff, Vox, 18 Oct. 2018
• Hogan then trounces Yokozuna in a way that makes the monstrous heel look downright foolish.
  — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
• Muncie Central trounced teams in their sectional games by 50 and 60 points.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2023
• In fact, the Dolphins were much worse than the Buffalo Bills team that the Ravens trounced, 47-3, in the season opener last season.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• They got trounced both times, wholly unready for the Warriors’ brand of humbling.
  — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2019
• This time around, though, the team won their first ever finals game by trouncing the Bruins in Game 2 in overtime.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2019
• For the most part, the long man is going to pitch when the game is out of reach, either way but usually when his team is getting trounced.
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 2 June 2018
• Harris trounced Trump in fundraising last month, but Trump has plenty of outside help to level the field.
  — Hans Nichols, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
• Since going public as part of that deal, its stock has soared, trouncing its rivals.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2018
• The Raiders, meanwhile, got trounced by the Rams and gave away last week’s game to the Broncos in heartbreakingly predictable fashion.
  — The Mmqb Staff, SI.com, 20 Sep. 2018
• Carter prevailed, of course, but got trounced by Ronald Reagan in the general election.
  — Matt Bai, Washington Post, 23 July 2024
• The Badgers had a week off to lick their wounds after getting trounced by Ohio State, but there’s no shame in getting beat by what could be the best team in the country.
  — C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• But more recently, Nadal had twice trounced Thiem on clay, losing only nine games in five sets.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2018
• So even if the pace continues to slow throughout the year, 2021 could still easily trounce last year’s record for background checks.
  — Aaron Smith, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• The first time was in 1929, just a few short months before the stock market was trounced in one of the worst crashes in history during the Great Depression.
  — Ben Carlson, Fortune, 31 July 2019
• There is no use in trying to trounce Angelina Jolie on her own turf, and Vikander, wisely, does not make the attempt.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2018
• Another poll shared on the text chain showed that former first lady Michelle Obama would trounce Trump by 10 points.
  — Matt Viser, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
• But to do so, SZA will have to trounce an array of fellow nominees, at least a few of whom have much higher profiles.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024