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Examples of “drubbing” in a Sentence

3 example sentences showing how to use drubbing, grouped by meaning.

noun A hard physical beating.

  • His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.

noun A complete defeat.

  • The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.
  • Peter Dutton was a disaster for the Liberals, as the election drubbing showed. — Michelle Grattan, Grattan on Friday: Aggrieved Liberals stamp their feet, testing Sussan Ley’s authority (2025)