(1) A pologies in advance for the lack of fizz, the absence of oomph, the non-appearance of verve in today's Rumour Mill.
(2) "Let's try a sultry one," the photographer says and she turns up the oomph.
(3) Spectacular architecture, vibrant festivals and flamenco flamboyance; Seville has plenty of peacock oomph.
(4) "If Sixty Minutes and the news outlets portray this as a new wave in American politics, and De Blasio as a courageous man taking on inequality, they could create an oomph that will make other politicians afraid to oppose him."
(5) From this perspective, the relative lack of earning and public power of the majority of women can be seen not as the result of discrimination but of good old nature (women choosing to do less paid work), or a simple lack of personal or career oomph.
(6) There is a little bit more oomph to these storms when they do develop, the so-called nor’easters in particular,” said Nor’easters pack their punch from the contrast between cold land temperatures and the warmer Gulf stream and surrounding waters.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Queueing at a London Muslim Centre meeting The star turn is Guardian columnist and activist Owen Jones , who gives a speech, some of which he reads off his phone, about the Diggers and suffragettes; it’s delivered with his customary oomph.
(8) Moreover, though modern Tories have their own versions of all these problems, Labour seems to suffer from an altogether deeper pathology – perhaps because, whereas the Conservatives are confident enough to voice their ideas with that bit more clarity and oomph, Labour is still so scared of its own shadow that it too often ends up sounding downright strange.
(9) Thankfully André Schürrle and Mario Götze eventually reduced the deficit, putting a bit more oomph into his delivery.
(10) Johnson was a puncher-boxer and dandy; Dempsey an uncomplicated hitter; Tunney had grace and nerve and fast feet; Louis’s fast hands punched in a blur of combinations, and he had a killer instinct as well as chivalry; Marciano had relentless oomph and steam-hammer cruelty.
(11) Fed officials are likely to view the economy as having a bit more ‘oomph’ than originally thought heading into Q3,” he wrote in a note to investors.
(12) There again, there were rumblings about developments over the next couple of days, and the idea that – just maybe – a few high-ranking Labour people might belatedly act, and give the third anti-Brown heave the oomph and coherence it has so far lacked.
(13) Within seven days of his appointment last month as care services minister, Lamb was promising the "political oomph" necessary to take the concept of integration from the pages of academic journals and isolated examples of good practice, and apply it across the health and social care system.
(14) He is absolutely correct, too, in his description of the Tories, who are "confident enough to voice their ideas with that bit more clarity and oomph".
(15) I’m not sure about Jeremy Corbyn at all – he hasn’t got the oomph to be leader,” she says.
(16) It takes the oomph out of a good comedic punch if the target is an inflatable clown who keeps popping back up.
(17) The third Scotland's main constituent parts are National Collective, the Radical Independence Campaign – a loose coalition of greens, ex-Labour lefties and socialist-inclined newbies – and, by way of ideological oomph, the Jimmy Reid Foundation .
(18) I know he will put everything into it to give NCS the additional support and oomph it needs.
(19) It certainly is: this is a proposal, after all, with all the ideological oomph and toxicity of the poll tax , if not more.
(20) In a sense, the lack of oomph in the property market is curious.
Punch
Definition:
(n.) A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc.
(n.) The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.
(n.) A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.
(n.) One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.
(v. t.) To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.
(n.) A thrust or blow.
(n.) A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die.
(n.) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.
(n.) A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
(n.) To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lebedev punched Polonsky during a heated early recording of NTVshniki.
(2) Histologic diagnosis of the disease was done by punch cervical biopsy and diagnostic curettage.
(3) We give a survey on the present situation regarding the methods and indications of punch biopsy as well as similar operations, including the design, orientation, and execution for the repair of small skin defects.
(4) In 16 of these patients skin slices from the alopecic areas were punch biopsied under local anaesthesia for determination of cytosol- and nuclear androgen receptor (AR).
(5) During powder compaction on a Manesty Betapress, peak pressures, Pmax, are reached before the punches are vertically aligned with the centres of the upper and lower compression roll support pins.
(6) Here was a bit of magic to light up any semi-final and it had Roberto Martínez punching the air.
(7) Incisional slit grafting utilizes larger numbers of smaller grafts than does traditional punch grafting.
(8) Allardyce told an entertaining story about seeing José Mourinho punch the air at a Soccer Aid match when Chelsea’s manager realised he had convinced Fàbregas to sign for the club.
(9) In the current study, 70 endometrial cancer patients with suspected cervical involvement based on a positive endocervical curettage or punch biopsy were treated with initial surgery followed by tailored radiation or chemotherapy.
(10) In 2003 Mayweather allegedly punched two friends of his then-partner (and the mother of several of his children) Josie Harris in a nightclub and shook a female security guard.
(11) On that occasion, she related how Manning had punched her during a violent outburst that led to him being demoted to the rank of private.
(12) Two months after stopping therapy, the rhinitis changes had returned in all 10 patients from whom posttreatment punch biopsies were taken.
(13) Punch biopsy specimens of skin, obtained from the scalp and back of adult men, were minced and incubated with [3H]testosterone.
(14) But Spurs built up a final head of steam and after Gomes punched clear Trippier’s initial cross, a second fell to Son at the near post and he back-heeled the ball past Gomes.
(15) The defendants punched their air with their fists and shouted "peacefully" as their sentences were handed down, according to relatives.
(16) All patients had punch biopsies taken from (1) a lesion containing Sarcoptes scabiei, (2) an inflammatory papule which did not contain a mite, and (3) normal skin.
(17) It’s just been a catalogue of disasters – the late nomination, when his party membership lapsed , the [alleged] punch-up.
(18) At the completion of sample dissolution, raw dissolution profile data are on the punched paper tape ready for computer processing via a time-sharing system.
(19) Individual hypothalamic nuclei were removed from 17-day-old rat embryos with 300 microns punches and maintained in suspension culture.
(20) And if you're really funny, then provided you're not punching people when you come off, or stealing people's belongings, then you'll get a gig.