pulverized

Example Sentences

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I remember being annoyed with this metaphor of a pulverized lemon half.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Retrieving the bodies from the Palestinian territory was difficult because it had been "pulverized," meaning that specialized equipment would be needed to get them out, they added.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

The 17-year-old from Cross Ash, Monmouthshire, had been racing downhill mountain bikes since he was eight, wanting to "go fast all the time", when he crashed before a race and pulverized one of his kidneys.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

And then the snow began to fall, tiny flakes of ash, pulverized radioactive coral blown 25 miles into the air.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

Thinking I must have dropped a grain or two, I vacuumed the entire apartment with a straw up my nose, sucking up dead skin cells, Comet residue, and pulverized cat litter.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris