How to Use to a pulp in a Sentence

to a pulp

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  • Even in rough terrain, the shell and tongue didn’t beat my shins to a pulp.
    — Jenny Wiegand, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Henry comes up fists flying and pounds the man to a pulp.
    — Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Inside the church, Amos beats Zoë to a pulp.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
  • So Jayson killed Billy, beating him to a pulp.
    — Grace Byron, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The ones who will hunt you down, steal your children and beat you to a pulp without once considering your humanity.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But even if Madison did, actually, commit suicide, that doesn’t mean Nile didn’t tie Teddy Fenig to a chair in some dark, scary basement after beating him to a pulp.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
  • In Episode 7, Kanan gets revenge on his Uncle Marvin, who beat him to a pulp, after discovering the younger Stark was behind Lou’s murder.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 July 2026
  • Big guys beating bad guys, and occasionally each other, to a pulp is the basic idea behind the new Prime Video action movie starring Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026

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