How to Use trounce in a Sentence

trounce

verb

• The Bearcats were trounced by USF the last two seasons.
  — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 10 Oct. 2017
• Last week the Panthers trounced a one-loss Grapevine team 51-28.
  — Eric Zarate, star-telegram, 30 Oct. 2017
• The last time Joe Arpaio ran for office, he was trounced.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2018
• Even the white teams who get trounced by the Trotters get paid more than the Trotters do.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2023
• The Blazers have gone 0-3 while getting trounced in three home loss.
  — Mike Richman, OregonLive.com, 8 Dec. 2017
• 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
• Yes, the Eagles got trounced by Wake Forest last week at home.
  — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2017
• The Cardinal trounced Rice two weeks ago 62-7 in a game played in Australia.
  — Zach Helfand, latimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• 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
• But the former slum-dweller trounced Ms Sirleaf’s son, Robert, in a senate election in 2014.
  — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017
• 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
• One tells of a nine-day battle Shakti had with a demon before trouncing him on the 10th day.
  — Kimberly Winston, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2017
• 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

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024