Example Sentences

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The host was trashing my age, and three years later, I became a paid regular.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2022

While this unfolded, the YouTuber told a crowd that gathered around him that he would buy his Uber driver a new car that was even better than the one he was trashing.

From The Verge • Sep. 24, 2018

As a Merrill Lynch analyst during the 1990s tech boom, Blodget became infamous for pumping up stocks in public that he was trashing in private.

From Slate • May 24, 2012

Paula Abdul was trashing Drew’s somewhat preposterous dress, trying to blame the garment on Mr. Cowell.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2011