Example sentences for: trounced

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

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

  • But even those who insist that the legal system is out of control are afraid to challenge it: Every time they have done so, Clinton and the Democrats have trounced them, depicting them (with some justice) as shills for big corporations that don't want to be accountable to employees and customers.

  • Her spokesman told reporters that "on a dollar-per-vote basis, Elizabeth Dole trounced George Bush and Steve Forbes."

  • 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.

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


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