punchy

Example Sentences

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Viewers emerging from theatres call it "paisa vasool" - a punchy Hindi phrase for "you got your money's worth".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

By then I expect these punchy little runabouts will be cherished as classics of the era, the twilight of the petrol gods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

We want to make sure our guests from 5 to 12 have lots to do, but it’s a little more punchy and has that cool launch with a space blast-off feel.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Once you have something cold and punchy waiting in the fridge, vegetables stop feeling like a task and start feeling like a vehicle.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

He was followed by the Spanish-born Quintilian, who wrote the magnificently punchy and pragmatic Institutes of Oratory—looking wistfully back to the master—in the first century ad.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith