Example sentences for: punches

How can you use “punches” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Observer of London pulled no punches in its assessment of the first 11 days of the Kosovo campaign, describing them as a "fiasco" in an editorial Sunday.

  • Despite its reputation, aikido is decidedly nonaggressive--it's about deflecting punches and immobilizing your attacker--and there was a mellow, pleasantly upbeat atmosphere to the class.

  • Most reviewers, such as the Washington Post 's Jonathan Yardley, complain that Stahl "pulls her punches" and spends too much time on anecdotes about past presidents and too little on exactly what it took for her to get where she is.

  • Some might argue that Drudge--whose politics, while difficult to define, are generally right of center--is pulling punches to favor the GOP.

  • Prudie thinks, overall, that if this is the young lad's only negative, you should learn to roll with the punches (or burgers, in your case) and hope that his maturing will ameliorate your problem.


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