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How to use bash in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Bash means to strike heavily; to beat. Example: “The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.”

Examples of bash by meaning

verbTo strike heavily; to beat.

  • The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.
  • If the engine won't start, bash it with this hammer.
  • It was planned that the sick men were to crawl over and simultaneously seize the fire-arms and bash us with them while the women flung themselves upon the trackers.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 141

verbTo collide; used with into or together.

  • Don't bash into me with that shopping trolley.
  • The bulls backed apart and ran together, tusks clashing — Ed held his trunk down while Conrad curled his high over his head, out of the way of Ed's tusks as the faces bashed together.1998, Katharine Payne, Silent Thunder, page 74

verbTo criticize harshly.

  • He bashed my ideas.
  • The entertainment industry, the artistic community, and much of the educational establishment, which so profoundly influence American culture, relentlessly assault religion, promote promiscuity, encourage illegitimacy, and bash America.1994, Richard Nixon, “America Beyond Peace”, in Beyond Peace, New York: Random House, →ISBN, page 236

nounA forceful blow or impact.

  • He got a bash on the head.

nounA large party; a gala event.

  • They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
  • The party level ramps up at Thornaby, where a gaggle of women on a 50th birthday bash join us.2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74

nounAn attempt at doing something.

  • give something a bash
  • I'm not sure I'll be any good at this, but let me have a bash.
  • This was my first bash at macramé, so I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out.

More sentences with bash

  • Are you takin’ the mickey? You’ll get yer ’ead bashed in.From the entry take the mickey
  • Sometimes the low-tech ways are best: bash it with a rock, that'll loosen it.From the entry low-tech
  • We got home to find that someone had bashed in the door.From the entry bash in
  • I've got about an hour in which to bash something out for the morning edition.From the entry bash out
  • After bashing up his victim, the murderer went in for the kill.From the entry in for the kill
  • I bashed my thumb with a hammer, and it hurts like billy-oh.From the entry billy-oh
  • Josh had to go to hospital last night after being gay bashed outside a pub.From the entry gay bash
  • You bashed your head on that low ceiling but so what? No sense, no feeling!From the entry no sense no feeling
  • John kept opinion bashing after I told him to stop, so I blocked him.From the entry opinion bash
  • If you sneak on me I'll bash you!From the entry sneak
  • Careful, or I'll bash your face in!From the entry bash in
  • He shouted at us, so we bashed him up.From the entry bash up
  • Superman bashed Bavarians and kiboshed Krauts with a mix of solemn consecration, righteous anger and cathartic glee.2021, Roy Schwartz, “The Galactic Golem”, in Is Superman Circumcised?: The Complete Jewish History of the World’s Greatest Hero…. From the entry kibosh
  • Go to Cronulla Beach Sunday for some Leb and wog bashing Aussie Pride ok.”2015, Johnny Lieu, “Cronulla Riots: What happened on one of Australia's darkest days”, in Mashable. From the entry Aussie
  • Go to Cronulla Beach Sunday for some Leb and wog bashing Aussie Pride ok.'2015, Johnny Lieu, “Cronulla Riots: What happened on one of Australia's darkest days”, in Mashable. From the entry wog
  • You repulsive vermin, come down here so I can bash in your head!"2015, Marilee Jackson, chapter 37, in Midnight Runner, Springville, Utah: Sweetwater Books, →ISBN. From the entry gardyloo
  • When Seini was born, we had a bash in a pub near my house called the Delph.2010, Sean Long, Nick Appleyard, Longy - Booze, Brawls, Sex and Scandal, →ISBN. From the entry leathered
  • The cat scrap at the bridal bash only made him more doolally.2009, Helen Cross, “Amir”, in Spilt Milk, Black Coffee, London; Berlin: Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2010, →ISBN, page 212. From the entry doolally
  • Say you discover that people aren't just talking about you, they're bashing you.2009, Kyle Lacy, Twitter Marketing For Dummies, For Dummies, →ISBN, page 215. From the entry Streisand effect
  • So infectious was Jamie’s trademark bish bash bosh enthusiasm that it may actually have been counterproductive.2007 August 8, Gerard O'Donovan, “Last night on television”, in telegraph.co.uk, retrieved 14 Oct 2008. From the entry bish bash bosh
  • So, if you're a Microsoft booster, you can feel free to bash Netscape.2007, Frank Zammetti, Practical JavaScript, DOM Scripting, and Ajax Projects. From the entry Micro$oft
  • They'd been looking for us, eager to bash our brains in.2005, Scott J. Evans, “Evil Deeds”, in Breathe Deep the Passing Wind, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN. From the entry high jinks
  • The Steelers bashing each other on one side; on the other a stripperlike diva gyrating to MTV.2005, Sarah Strohmeyer, Bubbles a Broad. From the entry stripperlike
  • So to bash Bush, for being the fool he is, is America bashing?2002 September 24, eric davis, “Re: "Bush Squandered World Good Will after 9-11"”, in alt.prophecies.nostradamus (Usenet). From the entry shize
  • She was a young girl then, working square, before she went on the bash.2001, Andrew Vachss, False Allegations, →ISBN. From the entry on the bash
  • Every biblioklept in Britain will be bashing in the panes of your French doors.1999, Julie Wallin Kaewert, Untitled: A Booklover's Mystery:, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry biblioklept
  • We were experiencing what is commonly known in the bashing world as 'overdossing'.1996, he...@uk.pipeline.com, “Overnight to the West Country.”, in uk.railway (Usenet). From the entry overdoss

Meaning of bash

  1. verb To strike heavily; to beat.
  2. verb To collide; used with into or together.
  3. verb To criticize harshly.

Full definition of bash

Questions about bash in a sentence

How do you use bash in a sentence?
Bash is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.”
What is a short sentence with bash?
“He bashed my ideas.”
What does bash mean?
Bash means to strike heavily; to beat.

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