uppercut

Example Sentences

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TKV found success with his left hook and Clarke with his uppercut, but both men soaked up the shots as if they were bouncing off stone.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

His late-life boxing fame began three years ago when his son Paul made a video in which he said to Frank: "Show me how to throw an uppercut".

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

With the names of his children, Betty and George, etched on his shorts, Allen started to stalk Makhmudov, with a massive body shot followed by a right uppercut landing in the fifth round.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

Finally, on July 18, 2022, the couple sat across from a neurologist who delivered the diagnosis with all the delicacy of an uppercut.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

I ducked a leaping fetterling and sent an uppercut into its middle as I rose.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia