thrashing 1 of 2

present participle of thrash
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thrashing

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of thrashing
Verb
Europe romped to a nine-point thrashing. Don Riddell, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025 Meanwhile, Eagle Valley has already matched the program’s highest win total in 10 years, and is fresh off a 60-0 thrashing of Littleton in Gypsum. Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
Saramalacara Saramalacara made a splash with 2024’s Heráldica, a thrashing electronic opus that touches on everything from spirituality to rebirth to general internet brainrot. Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025 There were only two upsets this week, with Indiana thrashing Illinois 63-10 and Texas Tech knocking off Utah 34-10. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for thrashing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrashing
Verb
  • In one short, a young Stuckmann, dressed as Harrison Ford's lasso-whipping adventurer, jumps onto the back of a moving car.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mash as desired, either with a potato masher or by whipping with an electric mixer.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The small black dog slipped away from its owners and ended up hiding under a northbound 2 train at the 14th Street station Thursday.
    Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The episode ends with Matty officially agreeing to work with Olympia to save Julian and bury Senior, though Matty has some demands, including wanting Julian — once all the dust has settled — to apologize for hiding the document.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So in the moments after takeoff, Higginbotham always stared at his watch, heart pounding, counting the seconds to a minute.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Bolsa Grande came out pounding the ball, and senior Haley burst up the Matadors sideline for a 68-yard score.
    Zach Cavanagh, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Job prospects are so bleak that Gen Z is going straight from tossing their graduation caps to years of doom with zero luck.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Now the Longs, through Palmer Square and Marquee Development, the real estate arm of the Ricketts family, owners of the Chicago Cubs, are tossing another $1 billion into the mix in three phases.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The sound of hammering came from outside in the driveway, where some men were building a coffin.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The 4-0 hammering in France has seen Ajax’s chance of elimination before the knockout stage rise to 85 per cent.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Recently that ranged from a man in his 70s who lost his childhood sweetheart to cancer to a woman who was burying her beloved horse.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In the Balkans and Turkey, some traditional recipes called for dropping ants into warm milk, covering it with cheesecloth, and burying the whole thing in an ant mound overnight.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some of this slashing and burning can be explained by the old-fashioned small-government fanaticism of administration personnel like Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
    Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Insurers are slashing networks, hiking deductibles, and pulling out of entire counties.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Collins is no doubt licking his chops studying tape of another Patriots rookie, left guard Jared Wilson, who allowed two sacks last weekend.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Chirping is also a friendly call for attention, while gentle nipping and licking mimic grooming rituals.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Thrashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrashing. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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