clobber

Example Sentences

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Unlike past downturns, which tended to clobber every employer in a given industry, this slowdown has left pockets of hiring even in hard-hit sectors.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2024

We're not trying to clobber you over the head with each show — just trying to make you aware.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2023

Buying and selling "pre-loved" clobber is now a huge industry, in part due to online companies - or marketplaces - such as Depop, Vinted and eBay where people can trade clothes.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023

Though this is his Broadway debut — he’s won an Emmy for HBO’s “Watchmen” — he fully meets the challenge, banking sympathy with his sweetness, the better to clobber you when it flips into despair.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

No clobber to a bat like that and the swing is faster than I like.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko