- present participle of trash.
trashing
Example Sentences
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The story is goofy and the trashing of Philly is gleeful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
"Scientists trashing each other in the media is not constructive."
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
"He hated that, you know, people were just trashing the land," Susan Pretti told AP.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026
She drives from Simi Valley five days a week to go trashing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
The storm raged for two nights, trashing the coastline, tearing away anything that wasn’t tied down.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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