Sentence examples for set trounced from inspiring English sources

In women's matches on Friday, No.2 Lindsay Davenport, who has not dropped a set, trounced the Russian qualifier Alina Jidkova, 6-0, 6-1, in 45 minutes.

The results will not be known for at least two weeks, but the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, looks set to trounce his 17 opponents.

Then there is the seeming lack of suspense: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is expected to confirm by June 24th his candidacy for re-election, looks set to trounce his only serious challenger, Geraldo Alckmin, until recently governor of the state of São Paulo, in the first round of voting on October 1st.Yet there are reasons to take notice.

By all predictions, the Democratic Party is set to trounce the Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan for all but one of the last 54 years.

The hapless Raiders look set to be trounced by the Eels.

Even if the election does go to a second round in two weeks' time, Mr Zyuganov looks set to be trounced, even more soundly than he was by Mr Yeltsin in 1996.Other candidates look even less significant.

The current record, set by buyer Harry B. Hartman Antiques, trounced the previous price of $3.1 million for Hicks.

McIlroy was 6-under par on his first six holes and trounced Rickie Fowler to set the tone.

Wofford, who had been appointed to the Senate that May, ran explicitly on the issue of health care reform, trounced Thornburgh, and thereby set the stage for the Clinton Presidency whose first major domestic policy initiative was... health care.

A generation ago, they trounced the last set of discounters, such as Kwik Save.

Williams served for the match in the second set against Zvonareva, who she trounced in last year's Wimbledon final 6-3, 6-2, with the American drawing encouragement in pushing the world No3 so close.