shellacking
Example Sentences
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That’s because Darnold was standing on the other side of the field, wearing a No. 14 Seahawks jersey and a broad grin, as Seattle unleashed a comprehensive shellacking of his former team.
The look is bold and blah, either blue-gray gloom or a shellacking of amber magic-hour glow.
From New York Times
The health care law was such a bugaboo in 2010 that Democrats rarely invoked it as they went into a midterm election that turned out to be, in Obama’s own words, a “shellacking.”
From Seattle Times
Vermont is coming off an 82-43 shellacking of Maryland Baltimore County in the America East final following a season during which it dominated the conference.
From Washington Post
But it’s not only Republicans from whom those Democrats have received a verbal shellacking.
From Washington Times
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