Sentences with word «drubbing»

The word "drubbing" means to defeat someone or something heavily or decisively. It refers to a thorough beating or loss. Full definition
I ask this because of the recent critical drubbing of Diana, the upcoming biopic about the late Princess Diana (to be played by Naomi Watts) revolving around her «controversial» relationship with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews).
Corbyn's party avoided any sort of humiliating drubbing at the polls, but the results suggested the party will perform poorly at the general election, given the historical precedent.
Although Stella received a critical drubbing in the 90's, perhaps because his two shows at the Modern had left him overexposed, he won new admirers in November 2001 when he made his debut in Chelsea, the heart of the New York gallery scene.
received drubbing from critics when it released in 2008, but Colin Firth said it is one of his favourite films as it is «hard to do pure escapism».
He was last seen at the London Stadium in the 2 - 2 draw with West Brom last season and before that in the 5 - 0 FA Cup drubbing by Manchester City.
One of the big sticking points from a lot of the critical drubbing of Duncan Jones» movie adaptation Warcraft [read our review here] is the film's break - neck pace.
Thiem is notable for drubbing Djokovic in the semifinals at the French Open, but he was beaten decisively by Rafael Nadal in the finals.
The stock suffered a fresh drubbing on Wednesday after rival Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. cut its forecast, renewing concerns about the industry.
Detroit, which has been a Thanksgiving Day TV staple since 1956, has dropped three of its last four holiday games, including a 41 — 9 drubbing last year at the hands of Peyton Manning and the Colts.
If we go our usual gung - ho route then it's a 5 or 6 goal drubbing at Wembley.
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You can check out the full write - up of yesterday's drubbing here.
But won't the Lib Dems want to be out of the Coalition if they get an electoral drubbing next week and lose the AV referendum, as the polls are increasingly certain will happen?
Last year, financial markets took the worst drubbing since the Great Depression, so perhaps not surprisingly this year's «Nobel Prize» in economics honors two researchers who studied economic behavior in other settings.
cut the cultish crap and start watching the footy... maybe start with barca «s 7 nil drubbing of valencia and ask why we are so far behind them....
Yet an injury to Eric Bailly and Chris Smalling's poor performance in the 4 - 0 drubbing against Chelsea left the Portuguese manager with no option but to bring these two men back from the wilderness — and Manchester United have looked far better for it.
Mr Scott's reference to her legacy comes as the Lib Dems face an election drubbing in Scotland, with the most recent polls showing their support around the eight per cent mark.
In a letter to party members, Burnett insisted that Duncan not be blamed for the party's electoral drubbing in November.
I thought Robert Altman took a worse drubbing from critics and fans than he deserved for A Wedding.
Heavy defeats to also - rans Bournemouth and Watford, coupled with losses to Manchester United and Manchester City, and most stomach - churning of all a home drubbing by Tottenham Hotspur which ended a 28 - year unbeaten streak against their fiercest rivals, have been hard to take.
With the former Citizen player often being compared to French superstar Paul Pogba, Ntcham reminded supporters that the comparisons were not wide of their mark during Celtic's recent drubbing of Aberdeen.
Remember, Evergreen Park lost to Jackie Robinson West in a 43 - 2 drubbing during the sectional portion of the 2014 Little League season — there was every reason to believe that at least part of why Evergreen Park's coach went all private investigator on his former opponents is because of that game, and this news does nothing to discourage that idea.
I strongly believe that if it weren't for the humiliating drubbing at Old Trafford, the gaffer might not have even made those signings but unfortunately that can only be a mere assumption at best, which brings me to the next point: Stan, Gazidis and PR
New York State Board of Elections officials received a verbal drubbing from commissioners on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's anti-corruption commission, during a lengthy hearing over their failure to pursue complaints about campaign violations during the past several years.
Indeed, most cryptocurrency prices bounced back somewhat on Wednesday following their new drubbing.
For Spitzer, a public drubbing of Billy Magnarelli was good sport and had the added benefit of demonstrating his high - minded principles.
Now, in the wake of the 2010 election, which overshadows Clinton's own historic mid-term drubbing in 1994, many are wondering whether Barack Obama will be studying Bill Clinton's 1995 playbook in hopes of a political recovery over the next year.
Their poor season continued on the weekend with a home drubbing coming at the hands of Arsenal.
The first was a 37 - point drubbing of Argentina in Las Vegas last Friday, and that was followed up by a 49 - point demolition of China at Staples Center on Sunday.
Santos was another of the panic buys after the Old Trafford drubbing.
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What ever you need to get you through the absolute drubbing Apple is putting on the tech industry in every category.
But if he was replaced after next month's expected drubbing in local and European elections then the path would be cleared for an early election, drawing a line under the expenses scandal.
Seems that not only is ancient footballer Teddy Sheringham still alive and kicking as a Premiership striker at West Ham, but the former Manchester United and Tottenham player is even drubbing up a bit of transfer interest at the tender age of 41.
But their seven wins, four draws, and five defeats in their last sixteen league matches emphasises their inconsistency, and we shouldn't go into the game fearing a repeat of the cup drubbing a few weeks ago.
Congestion pricing can stay in the mix only if leaders and advocates listen and learn the lessons of two consecutive political drubbings.
-LSB-...] Mass Effect Interface Fail — Krystian Majewski's thorough drubbing of Mass Effect's user interface (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3).
You might think it unlikely, especially with the doomed Villa, but Spurs have just hit a bit of a wall with no wins in three and fresh off the back of that possibly damaging drubbing in Dortmund.
Oakeshott regarded the forthcoming electoral drubbing as the last chance to remove Clegg, whom he had long seen as a political disaster for the party.
The logic: Northwestern has won seven straight after starting the season 2 - 3, while Kentucky finished the season with two straight drubbings at the hands of Georgia and Louisville.
This wealth drubbing is partly due to financial markets having had their worst ever start to a year.
It's also worth noting that this week's Microsoft post-earnings drubbing may have been overdone, as many PC buyers are delaying purchases while awaiting the soon - to - be-launched newest version of Windows.
Yeah, you know, I was down at the game yesterday and much less apoplectic than I would normally have been after a playoff drubbing.
However, a Sunday fixture stepped up to fill the void, with Hampstead and Westminster 5s the unfortunate recipients of a good old fashioned I's drubbing — Our first «played» win, coming out 7 - 2 up.

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