How to Use slashing in a Sentence

slashing

noun

• But such slashing doesn't seem to be the firm's raison d'etre.
  — Michelle Jarboe, cleveland.com, 25 Feb. 2018
• There are no jump scares, slashings or cathartic screams and chases.
  — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 4 July 2019
• Kobe Bufkin hit a slashing layup, then converted the free throw to take the lead.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2023
• Floyd is known for his elite slashing and ability to shoot the basketball.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2022
• The Points Guy blog first reported the slashing of the sign-up bonus.
  — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2017
• The film will serve up slashings and stuffing in theaters on Friday.
  — Alex Cramer, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2023
• The pinking and slashing of textiles were used as an emotional tool to express his state of mind.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
• The slashings occurred as there were reports to police of shots being fired and the road being blocked.
  — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
• Nixing the slashing gave our finished loaf the smooth top of supermarket bread.
  — Washington Post, 1 July 2019
• The league plans to more closely monitor slashing of players’ hands that cause injury.
  — The Associated Press, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2017
• My friends dashed outside with me, and crawled around the field, muddy and torn up with fresh divots from the slashing of our hockey sticks.
  — Caroline Taylor, Town & Country, 28 Mar. 2021
• Their slashing, goal-hungry style is unlike anything that will be on view at the World Cup.
  — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
• Share prices in some of the biggest grocery chains swooned in response, but many think the industry is ripe for a round of price slashing.
  — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
• That spike mirrors the slashing of the state’s education budget and the jump in tuition.
  — NBC News, 17 Nov. 2020
• The slashing of Deadspin’s staff is the latest in what so far has been a tumultuous year for the news media.
  — Liam Reilly, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
• Late in the period, Pastrnak took a bad slashing on Josi in the neutral zone.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
• The key provision is the slashing of the corporate tax rate, from 35% to 21%.
  — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017
• With saplings blocking the view of many homeowners, mysterious tree slashings hit night after night.
  — New York Times, 12 Oct. 2019
• Williams is eager to be a consistent slashing threat, which would help take some of the scoring load off Bueckers’ shoulders.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 13 Nov. 2021
• Barzal became the target of Columbus players soon after the slashing, sparking the melee.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
• Even when teams like the Nationals and A’s have reversed course on their slashing, the damage is already done.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2020
• Maybe sensitive viewers would be traumatized by the brutal slashing of a paragraph.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023
• Dybantsa is the most physically dominant, with the ability to draw fouls at will with his straight-line slashing.
  — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
• The suspect was spotted under an adjacent viaduct a few minutes after the slashing, police said.
  — Fox News, 8 Apr. 2018
• There were the regular misdeeds — a slashing, a holding — but the other six were not aggressive in nature.
  — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
• But all of that is in addition to his defense, his rebounding, his slashing, his voice, his pugnacity.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 22 May 2026
• The slashing wounds are severe but the victims are stable in the hospital, according to police.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
• Even with that, Canton nearly got back into the game to start the third, thanks to a major slashing penalty in the opening seconds.
  — Jim Clark, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2020
• Police also responded to four slashings/stabbings in the area, officials said.
  — Mark Prussin, CBS News, 14 June 2026
• The kills are exceptionally brutal and bloody, shot with a greater sense of realism as to the strength and heft that goes into the actual slashing.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022