shellacking
Example Sentences
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Trade-driven gains for industries such as textiles or jewelry are more than offset, markets-wise, by the shellacking India’s IT outsourcers are taking from the global software selloff.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
And the Dodgers looked anything but rested and refreshed in Friday’s 11-4 shellacking by the Toronto Blue Jays, which left them trailing a postseason series for the first time since last fall’s NLDS.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025
North Carolina’s season began on Labor Day with a 48-14 shellacking by TCU in prime time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
In the East, Indiana prevailed by 32 points in Game 4 only to watch New York return the favor with a 30-point shellacking in Game 5.
From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024
She had to lay down various layers, like shellacking a Stradivarius.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
