Examples of shellacking in a Sentence
They took a shellacking in yesterday's game.
suffered a shellacking at the hands of a vastly superior opposition
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In California, Democrats gained three House seats and now outnumber Republicans 43 to 9.
Democrats suffered a trifecta loss of Washington power, but not a shellacking — nothing that a more appealing presidential candidate couldn’t have remedied.
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George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The Warriors are 16-4 with him in the lineup, even after the shellacking.
—Danny Emerman, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
Utah has suffered three blowout losses over the last week and a half: a 7-1 shellacking against the Oilers, a 5-1 home ice defeat to the slumping Red Wings and an embarrassing 8-0 defeat against the Lightning on Thursday.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Per Nielsen, viewers who watched the Eagles’ shellacking of the Chiefs on Tubi were 38% more likely to be members of the coveted adults 18-34 demo than the total-game average.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The Warriors are 16-4 with him in the lineup, even after the shellacking.
—Danny Emerman, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
Utah has suffered three blowout losses over the last week and a half: a 7-1 shellacking against the Oilers, a 5-1 home ice defeat to the slumping Red Wings and an embarrassing 8-0 defeat against the Lightning on Thursday.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Per Nielsen, viewers who watched the Eagles’ shellacking of the Chiefs on Tubi were 38% more likely to be members of the coveted adults 18-34 demo than the total-game average.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Shellacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shellacking. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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