pummeling

Example Sentences

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In her first picture, she stood in a one-piece on a boulder, smiling, a waterfall pummeling behind her.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

After 20 minutes of warm, gentle pummeling, I was completely relaxed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

After pummeling Jamaica, Melissa was forecast to head north and cross over eastern Cuba on Tuesday night, while continuing to bring rain and heavy winds to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Over the weekend, states across the Midwest and the South were slammed by at least 100 tornadoes, all followed by baseball-size hail and pummeling rainstorms.

From Slate • May 22, 2025

The precinct’s Yiddish-speaking detective was absent, so I spoke in halting English, question after question flung at me like pummeling fists.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros