Examples of trounce in a Sentence
our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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The Checkers recovered from early problems Wednesday night and trounced the host Hershey Bears 6-3, sweeping their best-of-five Atlantic Division Final series.
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Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2025
The rematch occurred in the last game of the season, and the Broncos trounced the Chiefs, 38-0, when the Chiefs rested all of their starters.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
That while most new streaming comedies are single cam, they often get trounced in the ratings by decades-old reruns of Friends and The Big Bang Theory?
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
Teaming-up with fellow Scandinavian Viktor Hovland, the duo trounced Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka—leaving the former in tears.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2025
The rematch occurred in the last game of the season, and the Broncos trounced the Chiefs, 38-0, when the Chiefs rested all of their starters.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
That while most new streaming comedies are single cam, they often get trounced in the ratings by decades-old reruns of Friends and The Big Bang Theory?
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
Teaming-up with fellow Scandinavian Viktor Hovland, the duo trounced Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka—leaving the former in tears.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Trounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trounce. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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trounce
verb
trounced; trouncing
: to thrash or punish severely
especially
: to defeat thoroughly
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