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
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Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, of the LDP, has defied calls to step down after his coalition received a shellacking in three consecutive elections under his watch.
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Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
The media is focused on the fight between moderates and progressives as the party seeks to recover from their 2024 shellacking.
—John Opdycke, New York Daily News, 21 July 2025
Fresh off his shellacking of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for mayor, New York state assembly member Zohran Mamdani is the hottest guest on the press circuit.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
After their most recent home loss on May 5, the Thunder bounced back with a 43-point shellacking of the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of their second-round playoff battle.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 June 2025
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Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
The media is focused on the fight between moderates and progressives as the party seeks to recover from their 2024 shellacking.
—John Opdycke, New York Daily News, 21 July 2025
Fresh off his shellacking of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for mayor, New York state assembly member Zohran Mamdani is the hottest guest on the press circuit.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
After their most recent home loss on May 5, the Thunder bounced back with a 43-point shellacking of the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of their second-round playoff battle.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 June 2025
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“Shellacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shellacking. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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