Example sentences for: trounced

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

  • The contributors all recognize that he would be trounced by Bush and Dole if the primaries were held today.

  • In the East, 12 th -seeded Southwest Missouri State held fifth-seeded Wisconsin to 32 points--the lowest NCAA tournament score since the inception of the shot clock--and then trounced fourth-seeded Tennessee.

  • With the aid of brilliant tactics and newer ships, the Greek fleet trounced the Persians, turning the tide in favor of Athens.

  • Conservatives trounced the Left in Italy as well, where the party of TV magnate Silvio Berlusconi, a former prime minister, came in first.

  • His name will remain on the ballot, but he will undoubtedly be trounced by a write-in candidate: the popular senator's widow, Charlotte Burks.


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