slam-bang
Example Sentences
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Interspersed with the overabundant slam-bang action sequences which up the silliness factor with their increasing improbability are heartfelt paeans to the bracing solidarity of Jaime’s family.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023
The Australian crime drama “Transfusion” is 25% slam-bang genre film and 75% melancholy character sketch — a balance tilted too far to the latter.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023
Selfon slowly unspools his plot with striking prose and characters whose frailties and strengths take precedence over slam-bang action.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2020
Carpenter manically orchestrates Plissken’s mission as a darkly funny free-for-all, loaded with slam-bang set pieces and memorable supporting turns by a rogues’ gallery of character actors.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2020
“That’s what you are! Crazy!” “—immense. I’m a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I’m a bona fide supraman.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
