Example sentences for: clobbered

How can you use “clobbered” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Newt Gingrich, as he was getting clobbered in budget negotiations in 1995-96, said he "had to go through detox" to prevent himself from being overcome by Clinton's winning ways.

  • Today's palaver palette offers Frank Rich excoriating Beltway pundits, Gene McCarthy arguing that special prosecutors are inherently anti-democratic, Maureen Dowd mitigating the presidential prurience with a sexual ineptness defense and an Alabama reporter's discussing what a nice scandal break folks down his way got by being clobbered by Hurricane Georges.

  • One informative bit only the Wall Street Journal has is that CEOs who took a big part of their 1997 compensation in stock options are getting clobbered: The CEO of Mattel has sustained paper losses of $24 million, for instance, the CEOs of Kodak and Oracle nearly as much.

  • John McCain isn't running in Iowa, and he may get clobbered in New Hampshire.

  • Francisco Labastida, a seasoned politician favored by party bigwigs, clobbered his nearest competitor, Roberto Madrazo, the maverick governor of the Tobasco region.


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