pounding
Example Sentences
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News of the festival cancellation came days after the pounding surf opened a huge sinkhole on the driveway of a beachfront home belonging to Oscar-winning US actor Nicolas Cage.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Even better, so far this year energy and resource stocks have zigged while the market has zagged—producing their biggest gains just when bonds, and other stocks, have most taken a pounding.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Get a video of the DJ—it’s only here,” one woman told her husband over pounding Bruno Mars, clutching her fanny pack.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
“The hate, the fearmongering, the divisiveness, the stuff that’s trying to hijack our league will not win,” White said, pounding the table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Dorothy yelled, pounding on the front panel of the plane.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
