How to Use pummel in a Sentence

pummel

verb

• The screen door slams shut just as the rain begins to pummel the camp.
  — Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
• In the sedan there is no jaguar to flee or rival to pummel.
  — Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
• And the thwack, the sound of the glove pummeling the boxing pad, supersedes the pain.
  — Abby Ellin, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024
• Media and tech shares were pummeled, with red across the board.
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
• Hard rains have pummeled much of the north-central U.S. in June, breaking records.
  — Sara Ganim, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
• He’s then pummeled by two men in the parking garage just before the credits roll.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
• The action moves in and out of view, but one of the suspects’ legs can be seen flailing as two of the victims pummel him in the driveway.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
• But Putin’s forces have used air power and artillery to pummel Ukraine's cities.
  — Evgeniy Maloletka, ajc, 11 Mar. 2022
• Then, as the rival began to weaken, Ali would seize the moment and pummel him.
  — Joel Kotkin, National Review, 30 May 2022
• She’d just been pummeled by a wave of heartbreak and loss, by far the most intense pain she’s ever been through.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2024
• The older man wrestles the younger man into a seat and stands over him, pummeling him.
  — Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• With the rescue underway, air strikes pummeled the city.
  — ABC News, 9 June 2024
• One of the film’s most memorable sequences has Odenkirk as Hutch getting pummeled by gang of youths in a bus.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
• Their songs — driven by catchy synths and melodic bass — pummel the heart.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• The downpour pummeled the town’s flat concrete roofs and wide green orchards.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• James Paxton was pummeled for nine runs in four innings against the Giants.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024
• Later in the inning, Masataka Yoshida pummeled a two-run shot at the top of the zone for his first big league homer.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
• Severe weather has pummeled the Kansas City area in the last few weeks, and this weekend could bring even more storms.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
• As gunshots pummel their ears, Joel demands Ellie climb through a small hole in the wall and take cover.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
• The Dons pitcher hung a slider with two strikes that Adamski pummeled to dead center.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2023
• In the second half, rain continued to pummel the turf at Providence Park as both teams sought to break the scoreless draw.
  — oregonlive, 13 May 2022
• The man knocked Cote to the ground and pummeled his face, stopping only when a passing driver pulled over and intervened.
  — Agreen, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
• Redfish will pummel them, stripers will clobber them, and even deep dwellers like lake trout can’t resist them.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• The weather service says the storms should hit Central and North Texas counties by 4-5 p.m. Thursday with the worst of the events pummeling the region overnight.
  — David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2024
• Then take the smasher and use it to pummel the remaining meat and vegetables until a thick paste forms.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2022
• Workers used stone axes to pummel away (not cut, as with metal axes) at the base of trunks until the trees could be tipped over.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
• After the ice storm is over, rounds of heavy rain are forecast to pummel the South this week, with some areas forecast to see more than 1 foot of rain.
  — Max Golembo, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2024
• One recent storm pummeled the stairs leading to the beach, twisting and tugging on them and threatening to pull them out to sea, Neil told me.
  — Kristen E. Pope, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2023
• In Beirut's southern suburbs, smoke rose and the streets were empty Saturday after the area was pummeled overnight by heavy Israeli airstrikes.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Sep. 2024
• Preston Hemphill fired his stun gun at the traffic stop scene but didn’t follow Nichols to where other officers pummeled him.
  — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Oct 2024