Sample Sentences for
pummel
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  • Hubbard was pummeling his ribs now,  (source)
    pummeling = to hit repeatedly -- usually with fists
  • When the lights went out, we would pummel the person sitting in the middle.†  (source)
  • If that wasn't true, I'd be drunk in some Dublin slum, looking for something weaker to pummel.†  (source)
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  • He tried buying their mercy with his lunch, but they pummeled him anyway, leaving him bloody.†  (source)
  • They smash against walls and bedframes, relentlessly pummeling each other.†  (source)
  • Bullies couldn't pelt me with spitballs, give me atomic wedgies, or pummel me by the bike rack after school.†  (source)
  • Gradually he got the upper hand, presently he was sitting astride of me, pummelling me as I squirmed.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans do not repeat the "L" prior to adding the "ING".
  • It even seemed to amuse him that he was regularly pummelled at the chessboard.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans do not repeat the "L" prior to adding the "ED".
  • The pain brings ANNIE to her knees, and HELEN pummels her; they roll under the table, and the lights commence to dim out on them.†  (source)
  • Then I decided I wanted to see the guy pummeled.†  (source)
  • The pummeling of the storm came in waves, almost drowning out the noise of the orchestra.†  (source)
  • His mouth is closing in on mine, and the way his voice has dropped into some sort of lyrical, godlike octave makes my heart pummel within my chest.†  (source)
  • "Is that the way to hold a file, you Asiatic?" bellowed Khudoleiev, dragging Yusupka by the hair and pummelling the back of his neck.†  (source)
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