oomph

Example Sentences

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As she tells it, the special oomph that soy sauce adds to a bake is, in a word, umami.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

It can be stirred gently or with a bit more oomph.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Some of her own MPs have grumbled privately that she has lacked oomph and cut-through in her opening months in the job.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

But part of me wondered if Shapiro, in even a subconscious way, was putting an extra bit of oomph into his show as a way of saying “This is what you could have had.”

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2024

Numbness was setting in, but I had just enough oomph left to get me through finals.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick