trounce
verb (used with object)
to beat severely; thrash.
was trouncing
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past progressiveof trounce.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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By 11:30 p.m. with about two-thirds of ballots counted, Trone was trouncing Parrott in the D.C. suburbs but far behind in the more rural, western parts of the district.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022
A natural salesman, he was touting seeds door-to-door at age 7 and within a few years was trouncing grown men in a competition to sell the most subscriptions of the Saturday Evening Post.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2018
With 96% of votes counted in Cook County, Illinois, challenger Kim Foxx was trouncing the two-term state’s attorney, Anita Alvarez, by almost 30 percentage points.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2016
He pointed out that he had pulled even with Cruz in Texas and that he was trouncing Rubio in Florida.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2016
Within months of its debut in 1996, Blue’s Clues was trouncing Sesame Street in the ratings.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
