How to Use beatdown in a Sentence

beatdown

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  • And the result, in the end, was a 10-2 beatdown at the hands of the Detroit Tigers.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity, 17 July 2017
  • But in a Game 1 beatdown, the rest of the Chicago Sky were not.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Pro says: Last year the Tigers laid a 50-7 beatdown on the Aggies.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 26 Nov. 2020
  • The Ravens’ 41-7 beatdown of the Texans wasn’t a message.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2019
  • What's worse than a 35-point beatdown as a 5½-point favorite against the Saints?
    — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The Ravens piled on from there, forcing five turnovers in a 34-7 beatdown.
    — Scooby Axson, SI.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • Don't expect this one to resemble the 38-3 beatdown the Saints gave to the Bucs on Nov. 8.
    — Jeff Nowak, NOLA.com, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Boise State last month, but knocked the Broncos out of the rankings with a 51-17 beatdown.
    — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The pair was whooping it up on the Celtics' bench during this beatdown.
    — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 13 May 2018
  • Louisville's Nine Eyes play old-school beatdown at its best.
    — Kevin Warwick, Chicago Reader, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The club picked up back-to-back losses last week and hasn’t won a match since a 4-0 beatdown of D.C. United at the start of the month.
    — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2020
  • The Commodores’ last visit to the Swamp ended in a 56-0 beatdown.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • But there is far more blame to go around for Sunday’s beatdown.
    — Dennis Young, courant.com, 13 Dec. 2020
  • This is going to be a beatdown but look to the puck line for a better value.
    — Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The team hasn’t won a game since June 23 in a 3-1 beatdown of Kansas City, the only team that has yet to win a match this year.
    — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 19 July 2021
  • But the Canes lost both, including a 38-3 beatdown at the hands of No. 1 Clemson.
    — Susan Miller Degnan, miamiherald, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Many media figures might be cowed by the string of beatdowns.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • This latest beatdown came Monday night to kick off the first night session of the 2019 U.S. Open.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Toronto puts Utah on the wrong side of a 3-point beatdown, but the Jazz’s All-Star guard scores eight straight in the clutch to spark a late rally.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The good news is that the Saints aren't satisfied with the five-game winning streak or the beatdown of the Buccaneers.
    — Rod Walker | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Last year the Tigers, en route to a championship run for the ages, laid a 50-7 beatdown on the Aggies in Baton Rouge.
    — USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2020
  • From there, the match turned into a prolonged beatdown of Ambrose and Rollins.
    — Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Last night was an old school basketball beatdown on the midrange game.
    — David Barron, Houston Chronicle, 15 May 2018
  • There was the 7-1 beatdown in Seattle on Sept. 10, the only time the club has surrendered more than five goals in a game.
    — Nick Eilerson, SFChronicle.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Consider the Tigers 31-point beatdown of Auburn a message to doubters.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The victory propelled Maryland to a 10-2 beatdown of BYU the next day.
    — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Many of the current seniors on the team were sophomores during that beatdown.
    — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2021
  • The answer came as a 52-21 beatdown of the fading Big Ten West power Badgers.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2022
  • In a battle of the two top seeds heading in, SoCal blows the doors off Miami, led by a 25-10 beatdown in Men's doubles.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • That result came seven days after Towson’s 25-2 beatdown of Hampton.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2024

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