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 • Mar. 19, 2026
U.S. airlines have already canceled nearly 6,000 flights through Sunday ahead of a winter storm expected to wallop two-thirds of the United States over the weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026
Instead, he shows us a glimpse of bored, incarcerated kids tossing a wadded-up foil blanket in their cage and that image alone packs a wallop.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
For what it’s worth, the film boasts a wallop of a final line, which hits at the sickening reality of what it’s like to be both a child and a parent in America today.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2025
I tried to run, because I thought he might wallop me for being in his room, but instead he took my hand and led me to the stack.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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