How to Use shellacking in a Sentence

shellacking

noun

• They took a shellacking in yesterday's game.
• This was the type of shellacking that won’t require film study.
  — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 22 Jan. 2020
• Younger workers should be thrilled that bonds got a shellacking.
  — William Baldwin, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• This isn’t the first time Drake has had to come back from a rap battle shellacking.
  — Jonny Coleman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• Tennessee fans had two weeks to stew about that shellacking and Jones had two weeks to make changes.
  — Chris Foster, latimes.com, 14 Oct. 2017
• Lamb’s career night was the only good thing to come out of Wednesday’s shellacking.
  — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 20 Dec. 2017
• Warm the ham, covered, on low or medium heat, then increase to high heat to crisp the surface with a shellacking of sweet, spiced glaze.
  — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 23 Nov. 2021
• That truth, that bitterness, ought to cut more sharply than the Super Bowl shellacking.
  — Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
• The final score — a 74-23 shellacking — might have been even uglier than the box score suggests.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Nov. 2022
• The Warriors are 16-4 with him in the lineup, even after the shellacking.
  — Danny Emerman, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
• The Eagles were 9-1 and coming off a shellacking of the Cowboys.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 2 May 2018
• This episode of What’s Ahead examines whether the crypto world is in for a similar shellacking.
  — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 13 May 2022
• He’s now being dragged in front of the City Commission to prolong the public shellacking.
  — Ana Navarro, miamiherald, 23 Apr. 2018
• To be fair, however, those outings sandwiched a three-inning, nine-run shellacking at the hands of the Blue Jays.
  — Michael Beller, SI.com, 29 May 2017
• Last May, the Spurs bounced back from a 27-point shellacking against Houston by winning four of the next five games.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Apr. 2018
• Thomas was shut down for the remainder of the playoffs, following a Game 2 shellacking, because of the hip ailment.
  — Tim Bontemps, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017
• Perhaps the good vibes helped his teammates in their most dominant win of the season, the 10-2 shellacking of the Blueshirts.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
• Meanwhile, Mets starter Seth Lugo was coming off his worst start of the year, an eight-run shellacking in three innings by the Cubs.
  — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• Outside of an eight-run shellacking at the hands of Washington, Foltynewicz has been one of the Braves best and most consistent starters this season.
  — SI.com, 31 July 2017
• But maybe the hardest hit of the night was safety Donovan Wilson’s shellacking of Jones on a blitz early in the 3rd quarter.
  — Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2022
• The shellacking came as the Bulls were in the midst of a tailspin, and Milwaukee was without Khris Middleton.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2022
• 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
• They were dealt an 8-1 shellacking by the Capitals on April 11, the parting gift to their most recent five-in-seven stretch.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2021
• When Jamal Murray banked in a 26-footer to end the first quarter, the Heat looked headed toward a shellacking.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
• The Bills probably closed The Ralph with a 35-8 shellacking of the New York Jets.
  — Tim Graham, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
• But with its final piece of the puzzle available, the Trojans put all the pieces together in a 95-68 shellacking of the Huskies.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2021
• While Ohio State is a perennial ratings draw, even the rich kids from the Big Ten can’t do much to prevent fans from churning away when a shellacking is in the works.
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Jan. 2025
• Roosevelt has scored 88 points in its last two games, including a 40-22 shellacking of 4A Ponderosa.
  — Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
• But as a 36-14 shellacking in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday night cautioned America … not all of them.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2024
• Without starting quarterback Bryce Young (ankle), Carolina looked overmatched by the Bills in the 31-point shellacking at home.
  — Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2025