Sentence examples for pummeled against from inspiring English sources

Take his trailer for Joel and Ethan Coen's 2009 film A Serious Man: the slamming sound that accompanies trailer's first image, of nebbish protagonist, Larry Gopnik, being pummeled against a chalkboard, becomes a chaotic cadence that gives a rhythm to the successive series of images from the film.

The Mexican peso was pummelled against the dollar, which fell more than 3% against the Japanese yen.

After Tim Cahill of Australia scored against the Netherlands, he pummeled the corner flag as if it were a punching bag until it slumped to the turf.

The rise in Volkswagen's price pummeled hedge funds and others betting against the stock.

Mr. Cartwright pummeled Mr. Holden for his votes against the health care law.

Al pushed the upperclassman against the lockers and pummeled his face until he dropped limp to the floor.

But today America feels like a champion boxer who is strangely up against the ropes, being pummeled by a smaller opponent.

He lifted a beleaguered staff by allowing one run and striking out seven over five and two-thirds innings against a team that had pummeled Yankees pitching for 18 runs in the previous two games.

In it, he uses his empirical knowledge and Big Data to tell us how to create hedging and insurance mechanisms that protect against major risks that have pummeled the financial markets.

This means that even those that get pummeled can tell themselves how they fought valiantly against the odds.

Gerald Ford stumbled against Jimmy Carter in 1976, Carter was pummeled by Ronald Reagan in 1980, Reagan fumbled in his first try in 1984, and so on.