Examples of wallop in a Sentence
Verb
I was so angry I felt like walloping him.
walloped the branches of the pear tree with a stick in an effort to knock down some fruit
Noun
felt the wallop of a car crashing into their front porch
gave the ball a good wallop with the bat
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Jim Deloach, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
On Wednesday, severe weather walloped much of the Eastern Seaboard from the Mid-Atlantic to Jacksonville, Florida.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Paula Span, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The tragic story about the 1913 trial of a Jewish American falsely accused of murder packs an emotional wallop.
—Sam Allard, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Regulatory volatility is walloping planning and forecasting activities with near-daily bursts of uncertainty.
—Jim Deloach, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
On Wednesday, severe weather walloped much of the Eastern Seaboard from the Mid-Atlantic to Jacksonville, Florida.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
The wallop of an I.C.D. shock can also frighten and distress older patients, who often are unaware that the device can be deactivated with a computer.
—Paula Span, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The tragic story about the 1913 trial of a Jewish American falsely accused of murder packs an emotional wallop.
—Sam Allard, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Wallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallop. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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