oomph

Example Sentences

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Baker's fire would add some much-needed oomph to an England team that had too many introverts for the heat of an Ashes battle in Australia.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The first-round of the playoffs usually produces a bunch of mismatches that lack oomph.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

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

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

I shared every detail with Tamika, from Sir Fig Newton’s no more oomph to the inconclusive test results.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas