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
Just not to the extent that players shook hands once India wrapped up their shellacking.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Then they marched into Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday afternoon and found themselves on the wrong end of a 28-7 shellacking by Georgia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
Then, in early 1983, six months out from what was expected to be another shellacking in the US, Jacklin was asked to captain the side.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
She had to lay down various layers, like shellacking a Stradivarius.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
