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Examples of shellacking in a Sentence
They took a shellacking in yesterday's game.
suffered a shellacking at the hands of a vastly superior opposition
Recent Examples on the Web
After a 30-6 shellacking at the hands of the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on Sunday, the Steelers were trying to come back east later in the day.
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Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2023
The Dodgers relief corps was reeling in mid-June, with back-to-back shellackings at the hands of the San Francisco Giants exacerbating the struggles of an already ailing bullpen.
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Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
The previous high was 17, which occurred during a a 34-point shellacking at Pittsburgh on Feb. 7, 2023, the most lopsided loss of Payne's tenure.
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The Courier-Journal, 20 Jan. 2024
This isn’t the first time the coach busted out his moves — he was seen getting down after the team clinched the AFC’s No. 1 seed and first-round playoff bye on New Year’s Eve with a shellacking of the Miami Dolphins.
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Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1931, in the meaning defined above
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“Shellacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shellacking. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
shellacking
noun
shel·lack·ing
shə-ˈlak-iŋ
: a lopsided defeat
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