Examples of wallop in a Sentence
Verb
I was so angry I felt like walloping him.
walloped the branches of the pear tree with a stick in an effort to knock down some fruit
Noun
felt the wallop of a car crashing into their front porch
gave the ball a good wallop with the bat
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John Meyer, The Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2025
Vegas walloped that group better than expected and rose up the ranks because of it, but those wins do hold less weight in the model relative to strong games against good teams.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Paula Span, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The tragic story about the 1913 trial of a Jewish American falsely accused of murder packs an emotional wallop.
—Sam Allard, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Colorado ski resorts were walloped with massive dumps of snow over the weekend, just in time for Presidents Day.
—Noun
The wallop of an I.C.D. shock can also frighten and distress older patients, who often are unaware that the device can be deactivated with a computer.
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“Wallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallop. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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