Example Sentences

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Students have bashed and bemoaned the report across campus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

The naysayers who have bashed coach Kevin Stefanski for his play-calling and sometimes stoic personality.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

Although WeightWatchers is standing by its evolution, several customers and health experts have bashed the company for “not practicing what they preached.”

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2023

“They are not newbies—they have bashed rocks together before,” says Peter Ditchfield, a geologist at the University of Oxford who was part of the dating team.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 8, 2023

These new rules came against the backdrop of China's regulatory crackdowns in major sectors such as e-commerce and tutoring which have bashed shares in offshore-listed Chinese companies.

From Reuters • Feb. 14, 2022