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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Roosevelt has scored 88 points in its last two games, including a 40-22 shellacking of 4A Ponderosa.
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Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
The mayoral recount was requested by Domingos DaRosa, who finished third in the mayoral primary to Mayor Michelle Wu and Josh Kraft — who has since dropped out after a 49-point shellacking by Wu.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
That truth, that bitterness, ought to cut more sharply than the Super Bowl shellacking.
—Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
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.
—Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
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Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
The mayoral recount was requested by Domingos DaRosa, who finished third in the mayoral primary to Mayor Michelle Wu and Josh Kraft — who has since dropped out after a 49-point shellacking by Wu.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
That truth, that bitterness, ought to cut more sharply than the Super Bowl shellacking.
—Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
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.
—Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Shellacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shellacking. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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