oomph

Example Sentences

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Jonny Gray hasn't played any rugby since the end of January and a partnership of Gilchrist and Gray doesn't give enough ball-carrying oomph.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

It can be stirred gently or with a bit more oomph.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

It was cheerful and rhymed but lacked oomph.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2025

But part of me wondered if Shapiro, in even a subconscious way, was putting an extra bit of oomph into his show as a way of saying “This is what you could have had.”

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2024

No one says figuratively, of course, because it doesn’t have enough oomph.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner