wallop

Example Sentences

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And just when you think you can’t possibly have an emotional connection to what you’re watching, a sudden wallop to the gut punches the tears right out of you.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

U.S. airlines have already canceled nearly 6,000 flights through Sunday ahead of a winter storm expected to wallop two-thirds of the United States over the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Instead, he shows us a glimpse of bored, incarcerated kids tossing a wadded-up foil blanket in their cage and that image alone packs a wallop.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

Those primal, instinctive bonds pack a wallop when they're severed.

From Salon • May 10, 2025

I could feel a wallop of rude and ornery coming up my throat and fighting to get out of my mouth.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan