wallop

Example Sentences

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And just when you think you can’t possibly have an emotional connection to what you’re watching, a sudden wallop to the gut punches the tears right out of you.

From Salon

By using the “Net Rating” metric from college basketball stats guru Ken Pomeroy, it’s possible to measure how thoroughly a team wallops its opponents on both ends of the floor, adjusted for strength of schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's a long shot and ambitious but the species needs time and space without being constantly walloped by myrtle rust to hopefully express some resistance," Professor Fensham said.

From Science Daily

Other parts of US northeast and the Canadian Maritimes are also expected to be walloped on Sunday and Monday, forecasters say.

From BBC

I could feel a wallop of rude and ornery coming up my throat and fighting to get out of my mouth.

From Literature