PUNCH in a Sentence

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63 example sentences for PUNCH, such as:

1. His speech packed quite a punch.
2. The punch stunned me for a moment.
3. He was punching the air in triumph.
4. He blacked her eye with that one punch.
5. I'll give you punch, and not bad punch.

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 Meanings and Examples of PUNCH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
punch
 v.  blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist
Classic Sentence: (45 in 4 pages)
1  I'll give you punch, and not bad punch.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIV
2  Our punch was cooling in an ornamental lake, on whose margin the bower was raised.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXV
3  The punch being very nice, we sat there drinking it and talking, until it was almost nine o'clock.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXV
4  To make his example the more impressive, Mr. Micawber drank a glass of punch with an air of great enjoyment and satisfaction, and whistled the College Hornpipe.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12. LIKING LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT NO BETTER, I FO...
5  There was wine, and there was strong ale; and after dinner Mrs. Micawber made us a bowl of hot punch with her own hands.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
6  He made his face shine with the punch, so that it looked as if it had been varnished all over.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
7  As the punch disappeared, Mr. Micawber became still more friendly and convivial.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
8  He waylays the smaller boys to punch their unprotected heads, and calls challenges after me in the open streets.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18. A RETROSPECT
9  That my soul recoiled from punch particularly.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
10  To divert his thoughts from this melancholy subject, I informed Mr. Micawber that I relied upon him for a bowl of punch, and led him to the lemons.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28. Mr. MICAWBER'S GAUNTLET
11  But punch, my dear Copperfield,' said Mr. Micawber, tasting it, 'like time and tide, waits for no man.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28. Mr. MICAWBER'S GAUNTLET
12  Mr. Micawber, at the then present moment, took a pull at his punch.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28. Mr. MICAWBER'S GAUNTLET
13  As we are quite confidential here, Mr. Copperfield,' said Mrs. Micawber, sipping her punch, 'Mr. Traddles being a part of our domesticity, I should much like to have your opinion on Mr. Micawber's prospects.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28. Mr. MICAWBER'S GAUNTLET
14  With these words, and resisting our entreaties that she would grace the remaining circulation of the punch with her presence, Mrs. Micawber retired to my bedroom.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28. Mr. MICAWBER'S GAUNTLET
15  He then returned to the punch, in the highest state of exhilaration.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28. Mr. MICAWBER'S GAUNTLET
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  I found early in life that the best way to defeat a bully is a punch to the nose.
2  Only two things inhibit him from taking a punch at Mike Tyson: Tyson's left hook, and Tyson's right jab.
3  It makes absolutely no sense, especially since there's a full video which seems to show every punch and every kick in lurid details.
4  His dimensions helped him punch his way to victory over the previous WBA world champion.
5  They cut holes on the sheet of metal with a punch press.
6  He blacked her eye with that one punch.
7  He laid his opponent low with a single punch.
8  The punch stunned me for a moment.
9  His speech packed quite a punch.
10  The emotional story packs an unexpected punch, especially after he adds the pugnacious femme warriors known as Vuvalini to the mix. They are willing to die to save the future and they turn this into a feminist fable for all ages.
11  You can bank by phone in the USA, punching in account numbers on the phone.
12  He was punching the air in triumph.
13  What could be more deadly dull than the monotony of punching numbers into a computer hour after hour?
14  He pulled his punches to avoid hurting his sparring partner.
15  I'm sorry I punched him, it was a reflex action/response.