How To Use Punch In A Sentence

The new Ford Mustang has a lot of punch.
You can bank by phone in the USA, punching in account numbers on the phone.
In the early 1800s, the French weaver Joseph Jacquard invented a loom in which a series of punched cards controlled the patterns of cloth and carpet produced.
The wide planing hull lends stability for easy shots down tough rapids, and the boat's upturned bow makes punching through big holes a cinch.
And in a sideswipe at some of his peers, many of whom he feels are languishing in the comfort zone, he refused to pull his punches.

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The gorillas 'behaviour has strong similarities to the children's game tag, but is perhaps more like a playful exchange of punches that must be well-judged to ensure it does not escalate into a more serious fight. Gorillas learn about injustice and revenge by playing tag
While he was busy, I punched a Tylenol caplet out of its plastic bubble. Ancient, Strange, and Lovely
A dab of pale lilac or silver on the inner corner of the eye will make your eyes look whiter and brighter, giving an instant youth punch. The Sun
Early computers required input in the form of punched cards.
What Montgomery conceived was a one-two punch, a British blow followed by an American crack.
It is sad, very sad to watch a great champion being beaten in a one-sided fight where he cannot offer any meaningful counterpunch, which is what boxing is all about. Undefined
Unfortunately, I found the obvious talents of him and the director to have been gelded along the way and prevented from reaching the level of punch and impact that I think could have otherwise been delivered.
This worked fine on the old keypunches that punched each column as you typed it, but the newer keypunches waited until you finished the 80th column and then punched the entire card.
He was kicked and punched as he lay on the ground.
Usually, fixed format cards documented the format on the top edge of the card, since keypunches almost always printed their textual information along this edge.
Punchinello didn't stop, but in his heart he thought, I think he really means it. And when he did, a dot fell to the ground.
In fact, the back was so far away from the stage, a time delay on the punchline created a wave of laughter.
Of course the 'nester' or 'punkin roller,' as we contemptuously called the small farmer, began sifting in here and there in spite of our guns, but he was only a mosquito bite in comparison with the trouble which our cow-punchers stirred up. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West
Tightly woven wool, wool melton, felted or boiled wool, leather and suede along with faux leather and suede all can be clipped, snipped, slashed or punched without fraying.
He gave her a playful punch on the arm.
At first she wanted to punch the nurse and storm off - how dare the young upstart speak to her like that?
He was repeatedly kicked and punched as he lay on the ground.
These included repeated punchings, kickings, beatings with a baseball bat and truncheon, being urinated on and threatened with a syringe and blowtorch.
He knocked me flat with one punch.
I first learned to type on a keypunch machine in my father's office.
He was always what they call ‘a bleeder,’ a puncher who leads with his face and usually gets cut to ribbons by the time the first couple of rounds are over.
But where normal graffiti is executed freehand and as a one-off, stencil graffiti combines the Pop Art ethos of multiples with an aesthetic that mimics the punchy signage favoured by authority.
He danced and glided, connecting with 100 punches and taking just three. Times, Sunday Times
He pulled him off of her and, dodging a few punches, landed a few jabs and then a roundhouse punch.
OK, so fitting in four reasonably sized adults may be a tight squeeze, especially with luggage, but for a car of its size it packs a mighty punch.
Punch holes in the outline of each letter about one inch apart.
One year later, some dirtbags tried to blow up L.A. with a nuclear bomb, so Bauer had to punch in again.
Strong spinal twists help to increase the movement and reach of punches. Times, Sunday Times
B By punching the air before jogging back to your own half, rubbing your lower back and wincing slightly. Times, Sunday Times
This was the punch line: the audience roared with laughter. Times, Sunday Times
Instantly a dozen knowing eyes were fixed on it, and a buzz of voices was heard; and soon Gerard saw the prior point more than once, and the monk came back, looking as proud as Punch, with a savoury crustade ryal, or game pie gravied and spiced, for Gerard, and a silver grace cup full of rich pimentum. The Cloister and the Hearth
You'd have to surrender your phones at the door or be punched unconscious by an air marshal. Times, Sunday Times
Except for being the punchline of a few freshman jokes, being the lone "freshy" on the tennis team hasn't been too bad, either. Paul & Matt's Sports Attack
You go into a dimly lit room with hip-hop and R&B music and you punch bags. The Sun
Their set consisted of hooky pop gems that relied on guitar and punch for most of the power, and the mixture was a pleasing one.
He tells himself over and over, I need to throw more punches.
Aaron and Adam had begun slapping each other on the cheek with one hand while the other punched the other one in the arm.
This is surely not so much a knock-out punch, more of a gentle slap on the wrist.
The lure, according to Ginny, is "wholesome Scottish oats, and local recipes like cranachan - a swirl of raspberries, honey and cream sprinkled with toasted oats - or the punchier whisky and honey, that other great Scottish combination. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
The victim then approaches the youth and throws a fierce right-hand jab, punching him on the chin and knocking him unconscious. Times, Sunday Times
The visiting pack were in awesome form, consistently making ground at the edges of the rucks and gradually wearing down the home eight, who by the end resembled a bunch of bedraggled and punch-drunk boxers.
Patches of pale blue appeared fleetingly, punch holes of sanity beneath the roiling storm clouds. Mercy Kill
Data are keypunched and run through a series of computer checks.
Punch investors are worried it will be undone by its huge debt pile and its fruitless attempt to stem the tide of drinking at home. Times, Sunday Times
It was a glorious swansong, and her enormous grin and triumphant punching of the air as she mounted the podium were deliciously infectious. Times, Sunday Times
It's like the music in the movies where the hero is training for greatness; sparring in a basement with a punching bag or running like the wind or something.
The auto-induction start system and the punch press linkage (control punch press start).
Walk into a state-of-the-art data center, and the stark, white-tile, raised-floor visage doesn't appear substantially changed from the days of keypunches and paper tape.
He punched the pillow in an effort to release his anger.
Of these the Norfolk Democrat and Suffolk Punch, both printed and carrying advertisements, were particularly impressive.
This is surely not so much a knock-out punch, more of a gentle slap on the wrist.
This one hatched faster than the first, fierce little claws punching through the fragile shell and scrabbling to get free.
Another universal and potent colonial drink was punch.
Anyone wearing high-heeled shoes would find herself punching holes in the floorboard.
We laugh, and he delivers the punchline about the lieutenant governor's shoes one more time. The Times Literary Supplement
The Question Time audience claps for anything that's motherhood and apple-pie as long as it's delivered punchily. Why Jenny Tonge Should be Abolished
-- But then they are not charged for seeing the lamps; there is no charge for walking round the walks; there is no charge for looking at the cosmoramic pictures; there is no charge for casting a glance at the orchestra; there is no charge for staring at the other people; there is no charge for bowing or talking to an acquaintance, if you meet one -- all these are gratis; and if you neither eat nor drink, there is no charge for witnessing those who do mangle the long-murdered honours of the coop, and gulp down the most renovating of liquors, be they hale or stout, vite vine, red port, or rack punch. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828
He picked up the telephone and punched out his friend's number.
In my resultant article I actually compared Montreal to an afternoon soap opera - a punchy, passionate, sentimental place full of ridiculous arguments and beautiful women.
The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.
Ms. Crupi, 49, who joined the company in 1983 as a keypunch operator, had primary responsibility for a bank account that allegedly served as the main Ponzi scheme fund Mr. Madoff ' s firms used to receive investors ' money and pay redemptions. Two Ex-Madoff Employees Face Criminal Charges
They will have expected you to duck this punch and instead you let the blow bounce of your granite chin like an errant moth.
They had a scene where they have the most horrible kinkiest sex I have ever seen in a film in a long time, where she would punch him in the face while riding him and whatever. Yeti: A Love Story (2006)
Players and staff from both benches aimed kicks and punches at each other at the final whistle before fans invaded the pitch. The Sun
I will have no one punching anyone else up in my hotel.
Foley wants $600 for king-hit EVER since he says he was punched outside a city hotel Deputy NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
Bob is glad to have a job where he doesn't have to punch the clock.
He shouted something about the Disk Jockey being a "bunkie" (whatever that was) and made a disparaging remark about the Disk Jockey's costume (like he was in a position to criticize), before hurling a punch that had a lot in common with some express trains. The Sinister Six Combo
Attacks are defended with blocks, various kicks, punches and strikes, throws, and wrist and arm locks.
Almost everyone has seen this film and felt like they have been punched in the stomach at its conclusion.
I punched the button again, pressing my finger against the stupid button until the area around my nail was white with pressure.
SHIFT (6) Afrophile adj. decorative aposelene projectual diplotene, aposelenium psychedelicize, adj. biotron v. dirty quadriphony quadriphonics dustoff reticulosis punch-up technopolis quantized, skim INITIAL AFFIXATIONS (20) adj. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1
A caffeinated punch adds to its powers of rejuvenation.
The combination of punching and quick movement will work up a sweat, help get the row off your chest and release the feel-good endorphins. The Sun
Griff shots with a power punch in which Kidz dodged and somehow countered with five regular jabs to the face.
They always saw his jokes before he got to the punch line.
His speech packed quite a punch.
Upcoming performances include the folk duo Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer on Oct. 30, the Bang on a Can All-Stars in an all-Steve Reich program on Nov. 11, the eclectic group Punch Brothers with mandolin player Chris Thile on Nov. 12, Kris Kristofferson in a recital of solo voice and guitar on Nov. 13, and the guitarist Ana Vidovic with flutist Anastasia Petanova on Nov. 18. Washington is once again taking pride of place in its classical guitar tradition
He blacked her eye with that one punch.
He was attacked by youths from the group who pulled him to the ground before punching him, kicking him and hitting him with a ‘For Sale’ sign.
He laid his opponent low with a single punch.
Come on man it was on the table! definetely baglike tendencies and he is lucky my asian buddy didnt sucker punch him in top chef masters. Ajc.com - News
The only time I felt provoked to send him a strong punchy letter was when he flew out on a secret mission to China, in the early 1970s, as Nixon's special messenger.
Back then there were time-share machines that used punch cards to relay information. The Sun
She claims she has been slapped, punched and called names on the way to school.
Your goal is to deliver a short, punchy remark—thus the term punch line. How To Be Funny
On the other hand, a fighter who is not known as a knockout puncher can be very strong physically.
Before attaching the hollow item, a hole was punched through the body pot so that the trapped air would vent into the space of the body.
With one punch I was on the floor with a bust nose.
Part of the reason why this series works so well is that it is based in character and craft, not the instant joke or the jerky punchline.
The Scotland camp, it was claimed, was riven by punch-ups among its own players and ill-disciplined drinking bouts.
And the sign-off at the end of his first letter is a laugh-line with a sledgehammer punch.
We got done by a sucker punch. The Sun
Make a fruit punch that delivers its flavours layer by layer. Times, Sunday Times
He broadcast his punch and the other man was able to parry it.
Watch out for the fruit punch, it's got a real kick.
Loladins will be a new class focusing on emote combat, tickling and laughing at their enemies until they feel pity and give up, or punch the player in the face.
In the world of sports entertainment, you have to be able to roll with all the punches.
The gun that came out of Devel as a Basic Combat Conversion, shortened and electroless nickeled, looked like it grew that size, but still packed a punch.
Punch was waiting, small and silent, in his leather apron.
She punched a button on her desk and turned back to Sam.
No Boston painter would have attempted to settle an aesthetic difference like Luks did when he punched Edmund Tarbell in the jaw.
With his fists, he punched his opponent continuously in the stomach and chest, not giving him the chance to regain his breath.
WATSON: We're going to see more what I call gut punches, meaning that the ads are going to get sharper. CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2004
I landed a well-aimed punch at her probably already broken nose.
Each time a punch landed, I winced. Times, Sunday Times
The sound is hollow and muffled throughout the film, and the bass has been cranked up to make up for the overall lack of punch.
The same engine can be optioned with a punchier 240bhp. The Sun
Make two holes with a hole punch.
Moreover, in a recent subscribers issue of Counterpunch (Vol. 16, No. 7) Pam Martens describes the game-plan of the “Free-State Project” to take over the state of New Hampshire by force and create a laissez-faire society reminiscent of the wishes of Messrs. A and B and the gangsterish primary ponerogenic union, Club B, which I described inPart II. Confucianism and the Impact of Sociopathy, Part III
Just for the sake of clarity, perhaps we should call employees who do more than punch their time card intrapreneurs.
She was as pleased as Punch about the news.
The reverse punch is also the strongest and hardest punch in karate.
He made a fist and punched the air. The Broken God
I want to prove that vegetarian food can be interesting and full of punchy flavours. Times, Sunday Times
The student complained McCormick was falsely saying they were dating, that he was calling her obsessively and had punched a wall and said "I could have hurt you" after seeing her hug another guy, according to an e-mail Hansen sent administrators recapping the allegations. WCAX - Local News
Audi The car's engine, which punches out a nice 100 hp per liter (525 hp at 8,000 rpm) and 391 pound-feet of torque, is a slightly detuned version of the engine in the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4. Audi R8: The Apex of Gasoline-Power
It earned him a scowling hiss of disapproval from Dendria and a punch in the shoulder from Naoise for his comedic troubles.
Bang-the tie fructify a solid one punch to fall on cold Ling Feng's behind and stumble below, but the hands tightly protect the article of brisket and terror it is ordered by a D injure.
The Farous' lament came to an end and the boy punched the tape out of its slot.
The kid who complained [last year] was then singled out for the rest of last year by fellow teammates as a 'narc' and was punched by other teammates for telling his parent," one of the sources said. Buffalo Pundit
Before Christian's father and uncle could react, he charged, knocking the pair aside with well-aimed punches.
He came on strong late in the four-round bout, consistently landing counterpunches against the overeager Chinese fighter.
The weave of backing fabric, the needle-punching depth and weft count of the paper making felt are chosen as the factors in the orthogonal test. Then the tensility of the paper making felts is tested.
A slightly bigger sister snuck up on him and shoved him with a punch towards his intended victim.
Callan finds a host of possibilities for this ‘punching’ process, including tapping Mac Zedong into Elvis in a Warhol monograph, and making layered, sculpturesque objects that look like topographical maps.
Can women punch out hot licks and melodic riffs on a six stringed fretboard?
Anne Packer packed a punch with Baked Beans.
How seriously can you take a crackhead who, when he exhausts the holes on his belt, thinks only that he will have to find a leatherworker when he gets to Rome to punch new ones. Who Is IOZ?
Tucked away in a graveyard slot in the middle of the week, Exposure punches way above its weight. Times, Sunday Times
Leech had a picture of "A Quiet Smoke" in _Punch_, which depicted five ladies in short wide skirts and "bloomers" in a tobacconist's shop, two smoking cigars and one a pipe, while "one of the inferior animals" behind the counter was selling tobacco. The Social History of Smoking
It is also supposed to allow me to get money from an automatic teller machine by flashing my arm instead of punching in my PIN number.
During the training she unleashed several hook punches and uppercuts that were so ‘lightning fast’ they would subdue an aggressor before he know what hit him.
SHIFT (6) Afrophile adj. decorative aposelene projectual diplotene, aposelenium psychedelicize, adj. biotron v. dirty quadriphony quadriphonics dustoff reticulosis punch-up technopolis quantized, skim INITIAL AFFIXATIONS (20) adj. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1
He phoned elderly Americans and persuaded them to reveal their numbers and then he punched them into a handy machine in his home, which printed the new card.
Plus, they come in a range of poppy colours and punchy prints. The Sun
Decades ago, as an undergrad project, I once fed a whole bunch of text from a couple of books into my program that ran a simple Markov model (I was a very fast keypuncher). The Volokh Conspiracy » “Google’s Computer Might Betters Translation Tool”
The fact of the matter was that her brain was reeling about, punch-drunk after the twelve-round contest of this interminable day. LAST SHOT
I do not speak from personal experience, for I detest the sweet, cloying stuff; but it occasionally fell to my lot to guide down-stairs the uncertain footsteps of some ventripotent Kommerzien-Rath, or even of Mr. Over-Inspector of Railways himself, both temporarily incapacitated by injudicious indulgence in Swedish Punch. The Days Before Yesterday
It was a glorious swansong, and her enormous grin and triumphant punching of the air as she mounted the podium were deliciously infectious. Times, Sunday Times
Manny will come at him and Shane is a great counterpuncher with knockout power. Freddie Roach: 'Boxing gets in your blood and you just can't quit'
Some angry fan punched him in the gut, injured him, and he lost the Tour.
Sebastian Jamieson sings and dreams while he punches the till, packs the shelves and unloads trucks at Clicks Store in Grahamstown's Church Square.
There are a variety of combos to pull off but they must be done by switching through your weapons while rapidly hitting the punch or kick button.
It has a punchy 1.6 litre petrol engine and lots of useful gadgets, including an electric handbrake and automatic lights and wipers, as well as lots of useful storage space.
The 61-year-old is even punchier in person. Times, Sunday Times
They were made from c. 1660 but were probably intended for punch or wassail like their treen counterparts.
Their work has all the usual punch, panache and flair you'dexpect.
So if you thought of punching your little brother or owning all of the ice cream in the world, you were surely destined for an after life of eternal damnation.
It was a glorious swansong, and her enormous grin and triumphant punching of the air as she mounted the podium were deliciously infectious. Times, Sunday Times
please give me a tag lin, or punch line for my beauty parlour which is named "angel" with a word girl in the line? Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
This canteen (with a funnel on its top, like a cavalier cap slouched over the eyes) was set on edge upon the puncheon, with the hole toward myself; and through this hole, which seemed puckered up like the mouth of a very precise old maid, the creature was emitting certain rumbling and grumbling noises which he evidently intended for intelligible talk. Archive 2008-12-01
But, of all the alleged verities, putting faith in a trainer's predictions for a chinny fighter whom bookies rate a 9-2 underdog against a 1-8 counter-punching genius is as perilous a challenge to logic and the fates as exists in sport. Floyd Mayweather Jr v Victor Ortiz - as it happened | Steve Busfield
He broadcast his punch and the other man was able to parry it.
Here, stiff strips of paper have been tinted a dull green or brown by a chlorophyll wash and perforated with a hole punch.
Ricochet returns to his earlier “Please give me a punchinnaface” narration, smirkily saying that sometimes life is like a different kind of movie… The Loners #2 (of 6) | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
This blows by super-fast, but if you watch Hardison fight, he gets punched early, and after that he's mainly tying the guy up with his longer reach, kind of wrestle-grappling. LEVERAGE: The Second David Job
This was disappointing for those of us who relish a good book-world punch-up; but fortunately, it has been all over the press that Sir Vidia promptly recruited some new enemies. An Irish Lesson in Hope and Marketing
Warnings had to be keypunched by hand into a paper tape and fed through a reader. Storm Warning
No Boston painter would have attempted to settle an aesthetic difference like Luks did when he punched Edmund Tarbell in the jaw.
There was a second of hesitation, possibly as Meghan was preparing for another punch, and then a creak and a thud.
If so, you understand the premise behind "Punchinello". Epinions Recent Content for Home
As a killer punch this fails to convince.
He upset forces and senior officers but he did not pull his punches. Times, Sunday Times
Then, a line of tiny holes, less than one-millionth of a meter in diameter, is punched into the metal, spaced five micrometers apart. Television
The beauty of this book is that Allen pulls no punches as he tackles the difficult topics, and that Schumacher's response is to give as good as he gets.
Its warm creaminess qualifies oatmeal as a comfort food, and adding sliced strawberries or apple gives it an antioxidant punch.
Some coffees - particularly the frozen or sweetened iced drinks - can pack a powerful caloric punch.
Though I am not a voyeur, I do take some enjoyment from watching these idling drivers punch their car radios, and, if their windows are down, listening to the cacophony of sounds that emit from their sound systems.
The paper is light; it doesn't pack a punch.
But, given these similarities, it's at least possible that he might have followed Axl Rose's lead, turning into a loopy, mansion-bound recluse, tinkering with unfinished projects, piling on the suet and emerging sporadically to sue his ex-bandmates and have a punch-up with Tommy Hilfiger. Never mind Nevermind, 1991 was all about Guns N' Roses
In the instructions it said, go to the right and punch the hole to the right.
I bet when the curtain closes behind him on Tuesday, he punches the card for that candidate.
It would be tragic if he suffers yet another body blow, fails to recognise it, and chooses to remain in the fray punch-drunk and disoriented.
November 30th, 2007 at 2: 42 pm chodin says: if they really wanted to make bale "think" and "reach inside his character", roker should have asked, "tell me christian … how does batman punch?". capital boosh. PLEASE, SOMEONE BALE OUT AL ROKER
Most often the cowpuncher's rifles were carried in the chuck wagon.
The cowpuncher was a potential cattle-owner and good citizen, and if he went wild on occasion it was largely because he was so exuberantly young. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
The high octane opening number -- fueled by the multi-media television screens flashing flags, and George Bush (what would we do without Bush-the-punching-bag) playing golf amidst a really effective multipurpose city backdrop -- sets us up for our journey, which includes Iraq, protests, sex, and having babies (counterpointed with shooting up). Patricia Zohn: Culture Zohn: American Idiot: Does It Speak Across Generations?
You'll feel every punch, grimace at every brutal knock-down and celebrate every win as if it were your last in EA's fantastic boxing video game.
Arguello was usually a slow starter and Ismael was a very good counter puncher.
Much of its punch derives from new-minted, surprising chord progressions and pungent dissonance, an idiom Barber carries to the end of the setting.
Less easily quantified will be the emotions evoked by the memory of Persian Punch, who won 20 races in his career, the last of them on the Heath exactly a year ago.
Greenberg, rather than standing off trying to counter the counterpuncher, began to take some much-needed risks and take the fight to Kulikauskas.
Zipping up the skinsuit well in advance of the finish line, he took the flowers with ease, punching the air with his right fist before grinning broadly and throwing his arms skyward. Bart Wellens wins 2011 Cauberg Cyclocross
You'd think that I would have beaten Whitfield to the punch in my own videocast with Frank, but I was content to focus on Frank's positive contribution. David Sloan Wilson: Evolution Begins to Occupy Center Stage in Economic Debates
Thomas aimed a kick and some punches at the victim before Buckley struck a single blow at the man.
None of them had ever punched a speedball before, but they've taken to it like ducks to water.
Barry then heaved the ball at Haywood, and Haywood throw a punch at Barry.
I kept thinking of the punchlines before they had finished the jokes.
It was punchy, plain, said what it thought - punky in other words. The Music Of Death, Alive Again
Those are competent, punchily written and laudably clear, though the lack of case studies—perhaps a casualty of the book's breadth—means this can be a dry read. There's More to MBAs Than Legal Fraud
The rocket could punch its way out of the atmosphere.
A keypunch operator would create holes in paper cards, keying the codes into what were called punch cards. Smithsonian
He threw the next punch at Joey's gut, catching Joey off guard and landing another punch at Joey's face.
The current crop of adverts simply don't grab the attention and lack punch, said Brahm's creative director, Mike Black.

How To Use Punch In A Sentence

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