Example Sentences

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Cameron took her foot off the gas in the second half of the contest but did finish with a flourish - engaging in the 10th to stamp her authority with some stinging hooks and uppercuts.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

It’s no Rumble in the Jungle, but watch out for the uppercuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

One after the other, the girls trained with Ayub, shifting from right to left jabs, hooks and uppercuts at his command.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Mayor Karen Bass, not known as a public brawler until recently, is ducking punches and throwing her own jabs and uppercuts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

High John danced between the iron monsters, tangling them up as they lunged at him and leaving them twisted in rusty knots, juicy targets for my hooks and uppercuts.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia