uppercut
Example Sentences
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Suddenly it was Wilder who looked vulnerable, as Chisora pressed forward while two-time world champion Anthony Joshua urged his friend on from ringside by calling for an uppercut that never came.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
TKV found success with his left hook and Clarke with his uppercut, but both men soaked up the shots as if they were bouncing off stone.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
His late-life boxing fame began three years ago when his son Paul made a video in which he said to Frank: "Show me how to throw an uppercut".
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
Finally, on July 18, 2022, the couple sat across from a neurologist who delivered the diagnosis with all the delicacy of an uppercut.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025
I tried out my uppercut, right hook, and blocking with the left.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
