oomph
Example Sentences
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Scotland looked done but Lister provided oomph and Carter batted through.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
As she tells it, the special oomph that soy sauce adds to a bake is, in a word, umami.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025
But acoustically they share Toyota’s genius for immediacy, transparency and sonic oomph that goes straight to the gut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2025
And so Tchaikovsky’s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies emerged more fully characterized than did the Fourth, though all were delivered with considerable oomph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
“Just a bit of oomph needed to get through an impossible situation.”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
