sucker-punch

Example Sentences

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Italy battered them from the off, Wales roped them in and then hit them with a sucker-punch and Switzerland stood toe-to-toe with them and punched much harder.

From BBC

"Apparently the coach didn’t like how this spectator was looking at him. He referenced that maybe he was smiling at the coach and so this coach just happened to punch him, sucker-punch him, which to me means punch him in the face."

From Fox News

A California judge has decided not to impose a prison sentence on two boys whose bullying and sucker-punch attack led to the death of a 13-year-old classmate in 2019.

From Fox News

Sam Bowles represents every man who makes gaslighting into an art when he delivers a sucker-punch of a monologue designed to throw Emily off of her game.

From Salon

The sucker-punch for Villa came from Liverpool scoring three goals in a five-minute span from the 60th, through Georginio Wijnaldum, Mane and Salah.

From Washington Times