oomph

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

"I said, 'Mr President I agree with you, I'm just hoping Mike has got the oomph to pull this off,'" Norman said.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025

It was cheerful and rhymed but lacked oomph.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 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

Murray came later has more oomph than Later came Murray.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner