pummel
verb (used with object)
to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
were pummelling
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past progressiveof pummel.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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Denmark needed one goal to guarantee automatic qualification and send Scotland to the purgatory of the play-offs - and they were pummelling Belarus in pursuit of it.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
