- present participle of pummel.
pummeling
Example Sentences
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Experts stress that the key is to start preparing before storms begin pummeling the region.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
With intense heat pummeling many parts of the world this summer, I tracked down Ed Ballard, who covers climate change and the energy transition, shvitzing in the U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
On this night, the mercenaries prevailed, in a pummeling so relentless and a silencing so rapid that a three-peat appeared all but inevitable: Dodgers 14, Blue Jays 2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
After 20 minutes of warm, gentle pummeling, I was completely relaxed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
With gusts pummeling his bow on the port side now, Bobby Moch began to wrestle with the tiller lines in his hands.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
