Example Sentences

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A lack of jet fuel has bludgeoned the critical tourism sector.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The pandemic has bludgeoned the beer industry overall.

From Slate • Jul. 9, 2020

Alabama has bludgeoned a whole generation of SEC fans into thinking this way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2016

Black hours have harried me, Blind fate has bludgeoned my bent head, And on my brow the iron crown Of sorrow has been crushed.

From Open Water by Stringer, Arthur