pummels
- present tense form of pummel (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Now they say they have nowhere to hide from intense flooding as rainfall exacerbated by the weather phenomenon El Nino pummels large parts of Somalia.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023
Lethal landslides are common in the area when heavy monsoon rain pummels Myanmar between May and October.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2023
The sheer force of their thousand-pound bodies pummels the dirt track's hazardous slings — but only after first funneling through the narrow cabling of their spindly forelimb ligaments.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2023
As “Seinfeld’s” library cop, Hall verbally pummels Jerry with his rat-a-tat delivery while brandishing his index finger like a loaded Glock, the Inspector Javert of the stacks.
From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2022
I assume she’s talking to me, but when she gets to us, she pummels right into Rhiannon.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
