shellacking
Example Sentences
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Trade-driven gains for industries such as textiles or jewelry are more than offset, markets-wise, by the shellacking India’s IT outsourcers are taking from the global software selloff.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
“We needed that,” he said, “to help us get over that shellacking we took in Game 2.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2024
Barring an absolute shellacking down under, McCullum will be in charge of the Test side until the next home Ashes in 2027.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2024
She had to lay down various layers, like shellacking a Stradivarius.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
