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How to use punch in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb, adjective

Punch means a hit or strike with one's fist. Example: “The tornado is finally losing its punch.”

Examples of punch by meaning

nounA hit or strike with one's fist.

  • Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 14 May 2020

nounPower, strength, energy.

  • The tornado is finally losing its punch.
  • Nixon inadvertently took most of the punch out of the Red Scare by trekking to Peking and Moscow.1978 April 22, Harry Seng, “Gore Vidal: Adjutant to the Gay Camp”, in Gay Community News, page 11
  • The theorizing often lacks punch and tightness, and that is because Kleinberg is unresolved about how to think about the facts, unsure which are the relevant facts, unsure that thinking itself will be liberating for him.1981 August 22, Martin Krieger, “Always on the Outside of Whatever Side There Was”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 6, page 9

nounImpact.

  • Has your ad copy plenty of punch?1930, “Instructions in Sound”, in Moving Picture Review & Theatre Management, volume 25, Exhibitors Trade Review Publishing, page 40

verbTo strike with one's fist.

  • If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose.

verbTo operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means.

  • As night watchman he was required to punch a watchman's clock; the stations were scattered all over the place.1922, William Otis Badger, editor, The Workmen's compensation law journal, volume 10, page 129
  • The patrol clock and punch key system made sure that crewmen completed their patrols.2000, William D. Peterson, United States Life-Saving Service in Michigan, page 106
  • Another shipmate remembered the watch clock on the strap we had to carry to punching stations.2007, Dick Juge, The Historic Northwest Passage and the CGC Storis, page 27

verbTo hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force.

  • He punched a hit into shallow left field.

verbTo thrust against; to poke.

  • to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow

verbTo emphasize; to give emphasis to.

  • Getting a little tired of you punching that word.

More sentences with punch

  • The early guests sipped their punch and avoided each other's eyes.From the entry early
  • We have an airtight argument they won’t be able to punch holes in.From the entry airtight
  • He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.From the entry make
  • Throwing that punch was a murder whether you meant for it to happen or not.From the entry murder
  • That was quite a build-up for such a puny punch line.From the entry punch line
  • Operating a hand card punch was something of a black art.From the entry black art
  • I doubled him up with a swift punch to the stomach.From the entry double up
  • I'm going to punch out that SOB and leave him lying on the ground bleeding.From the entry punch out
  • With the engine on fire he had to punch out and hit the silk.From the entry punch out
  • Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud.From the entry poach
  • She was so hyphy outside the club Saturday night, she nearly punched a cop!From the entry hyphy
  • That policy is a holdover from days of punch card data entry.From the entry holdover
  • The large punch bowl has the special spiked punch, the small punch bowl is for the kids.From the entry spiked
  • I'm going to punch in a bit early today to get more work done.From the entry punch in
  • Just punch in the numbers and it will give you an estimate of the cost.From the entry punch in
  • His face met with a punch harder than a punch should be.From the entry meet with
  • I did not pull any punches when I told them my thoughts.From the entry pull punches
  • My team has always punched above our small size and stature.From the entry punch above
  • A pinch and a punch for the first of the month, and no returns!From the entry no returns
  • When he said that she lost control, and punched him in the nose.From the entry lose control
  • You want me to Irish up that punch bowl for ya? No? Ha, OK — your loss!From the entry Irish up
  • When he punched me, I palmed out and broke my wrist.From the entry palm out
  • The rival schoolboys traded insults and punches.From the entry trade
  • He's not one to pull his punches.From the entry one
  • He's not one for pulling his punches.From the entry one
  • The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.From the entry rain
  • He just went and punched the guy.From the entry go
  • The fist power-up gives you a more powerful punch.From the entry power-up

Meaning of punch

  1. noun A hit or strike with one's fist.
  2. noun A blow from something other than the fist.
  3. noun Power, strength, energy.

Full definition of punch

Questions about punch in a sentence

How do you use punch in a sentence?
Punch is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “The tornado is finally losing its punch.”
What is a short sentence with punch?
“Has your ad copy plenty of punch?”
What does punch mean?
Punch means a hit or strike with one's fist.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: punch (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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