- present participle of pummel.
pummeling
Example Sentences
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“They’re pummeling us every day,” said a woman pensioner sitting among her friends on benches in a leafy courtyard of a Soviet-era apartment block.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
At a Dr. Jack seminar held in a furniture store, Cheadle’s unrecognizable cameo competes with kids jumping on a couch and a spasmodic massage chair pummeling Corvette’s face.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
It was powder-blue pummeling, eight-clap crushing, Westwood wonderful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
Miami is so set on pummeling the quarterback, in fact, that it eve disrupts their practice routines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
He rambled on with this fraudulent recollection while Henry, pale and ill, endured his prods and backslaps as a well-trained dog will tolerate the pummeling of a rough child.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
