Examples of pummel in a Sentence
pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived
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Behested payments make an excellent target for pummeling the presidential contender.
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Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
The powerful waves that have pummeled the coastline will endure the warm-up.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
Two rounds of powerful storms are expected to pummel central Indiana on June 17 with damaging winds, heavy rain, and large hail.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 18 June 2026
The older of the two, who was likely in his 20s or 30s, died as Mount Vesuvius pummeled the area with rock fragments called lapilli.
—Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
The powerful waves that have pummeled the coastline will endure the warm-up.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
Two rounds of powerful storms are expected to pummel central Indiana on June 17 with damaging winds, heavy rain, and large hail.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 18 June 2026
The older of the two, who was likely in his 20s or 30s, died as Mount Vesuvius pummeled the area with rock fragments called lapilli.
—Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for pummel
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“Pummel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pummel. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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pummel
verb
pum·mel
ˈpəm-əl 
pummeled or pummelled; pummeling or pummelling
-(ə-)liŋ
1
: pound entry 3 sense 2a, beat
knead and pummel the dough
2
: to defeat decisively
pummeled the competition
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