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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Played by a Colman Domingo who is done up to look the most wax figurine of them all in a shellacking of makeup, prosthetics, and colored contacts, Joe is always either giving an avaricious open-mouthed leer or a cold-eyed glare.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
Norway will be appearing at their first major tournament since Euro 2000, but having plundered a remarkable 37 goals in their eight qualifying matches (which included an 11-1 shellacking of Moldova in which Haaland scored five goals), Stale Solbakken’s side could be one of the teams to watch.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The Canadian defender — on a late-window transfer to the Rapids from Toronto FC — made a monstrous impact on Saturday night against the Houston Dynamo in a 6-2 shellacking.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
With the second-round shellacking, Texas is in the Sweet 16 round for the fifth time in head coach Vic Schaefer's six-year tenure.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 22 Mar. 2026
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
Norway will be appearing at their first major tournament since Euro 2000, but having plundered a remarkable 37 goals in their eight qualifying matches (which included an 11-1 shellacking of Moldova in which Haaland scored five goals), Stale Solbakken’s side could be one of the teams to watch.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The Canadian defender — on a late-window transfer to the Rapids from Toronto FC — made a monstrous impact on Saturday night against the Houston Dynamo in a 6-2 shellacking.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
With the second-round shellacking, Texas is in the Sweet 16 round for the fifth time in head coach Vic Schaefer's six-year tenure.
—Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 22 Mar. 2026
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“Shellacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shellacking. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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