Antonyms for poundingpound·ing

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1. pounding, buffetingnoun

   repeated heavy blows

   Synonyms:
   throb, pound, throbbing, hammer, buffeting, hammering

2. throb, throbbing, poundingnoun

   an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

   "he felt a throbbing in his head"

   Synonyms:
   buffeting, hammering, pound, throbbing, hammer, throb

3. hammer, pound, hammering, poundingnoun

   the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

   "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"

   Synonyms:
   quid, lbf., dog pound, buffeting, throbbing, power hammer, malleus, throb, pound, mallet, hammering, pound sign, pound sterling, punt, cock, lb, hammer

How to use pounding in a sentence?

1. Richard Ziegler:

   The slope has been over-steepened by waves pounding away at the bottom of the slope, the slopes becomes too steep, gravity takes over, and rocks start to fall.

2. Barry Cohen:

   They were doing a new roof. And I think, all day long, the building was pounding and pounding and pounding. They've been doing it for over a month.

3. Maureen Nemetski:

   I drilled a hole into her shin bone and placed an intraosseous line -- a bone catheter -- so that we could inject platelets and medications into her blood through her bone marrow. I can not imagine her parents' horror on hearing the crack of the drill bit into their baby's leg, we took turns pounding on this baby's chest and trying to pump air into lungs that had filled with blood.

4. Alex Cora:

   We pitched well the whole road trip, the bullpen was amazing. (Richards) was pounding the strike zone, changing speeds, using both sides of the plate. We loved what we saw.

5. Karen DeMarco:

   I was pounding the front door, and eventually I think the front door just kicked through.

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