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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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
Major flash floods walloped Texas over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, causing the Guadalupe River to rise more than 26 feet within two hours, triggering evacuations and search operations.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Connie Ogle, Boston Herald, 10 July 2025
What began as a prediction for a few inches of snow grew into an overnight wallop, paralyzing the city with nearly 16 inches.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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Verb
New Jersey was walloped with intense rain and heavy thunderstorms overnight Monday into Tuesday, forcing Gov. Phil Murphy to declare a state of emergency.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
Major flash floods walloped Texas over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, causing the Guadalupe River to rise more than 26 feet within two hours, triggering evacuations and search operations.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
Noun
Told in a sharp, self-deprecating, first-person point of view, this small town, Southern mystery packs a big wallop.
—Connie Ogle, Boston Herald, 10 July 2025
What began as a prediction for a few inches of snow grew into an overnight wallop, paralyzing the city with nearly 16 inches.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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“Wallop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wallop. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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