How to Use punch in in a Sentence

punch in

verb

• That’s gotta be a punch in the gut to the hitters on the other side.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 29 May 2023
• His shirt was torn and he was punched in the face, the complaint said.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
• Yun was allegedly punched in the face and fell to the ground.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
• Siler warned the freshman that he would get punched in the face if his legs hit the ground.
  — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• Oregon tried to punch in a touchdown with 1:22 left in the game.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2022
• So this year, grass and trees have formed a one-two punch in the May weather.
  — Jack Nimesheim, The Enquirer, 31 May 2023
• If a White Claw is a gentle pat on the head, a Negroni is a punch in the mouth.
  — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2020
• Casey Bullock punched in a 4-yard TD to give the Eagles a 14-7 lead.
  — cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023
• The victim said she was punched in the face three times and may need surgery as a result.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
• Stephan and Clase are Francona’s one-two punch in the eighth and ninth innings.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 14 July 2023
• Brace your abs like you’re about to be punched in the gut and walk for a prescribed distance.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 13 July 2023
• Again, why not go under center and just punch in the ball?
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2022
• Others wore mouth guards that swelled their lips as though they’d just been punched in the face.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• Mash the throttle to the floor, and the CT4-V Blackwing blasts off the line with a bit of wheelspin and a nice punch in the backside.
  — Michael Harley, Forbes, 13 May 2022
• Gain can be seen in the video getting thrown to the ground and punched in the head by another teen girl.
  — Sarah Dewberry, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
• As the pantry opens for the day, Lawrence Aquino stocks Minute Maid punch in preparation for client pick-up.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2023
• Aria requires a room key to punch in your floor number.
  — Dawn Gilbertson, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
• Here is a guy who literally begs to get punched in the face.
  — John Semley, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2023
• In one case, an officer was punched in the chest while trying to break up a fight.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• Nothing can deter his joy in movement — not even the fear of being punched in the face.
  — Marina Harss, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• The woman tried to stop the man and was punched in the face, sustaining a fractured cheekbone, Nguyen said.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• But most of the time, the drone gets there first — rushing to a set of GPS coordinates punched in by the controller.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 5 July 2023
• Shah said she was targeted with bear spray while others were punched in the face.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
• The 16-year-old victim suffered contusions to his ribs when he was punched in the chest, records state.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 10 Aug. 2023
• My first glass of black, undiluted, pure robusta was a punch in the neck.
  — Alina Simone, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2022
• The news last summer hit his friends like a punch in the gut: Malachy McCourt had entered hospice care.
  — Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• This was a serious punch in the mouth and now the Bears’ path to Arlington is almost all but sealed shut.
  — Michael Haag, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2022
• The Bulls finally got on the board in the 66th minute when another loose ball was punched in by Contreras to cut the lead to 2-1.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
• Every time someone said anything about my attempt was a punch in the gut.
  — The Denver Post: Crisis Point, 18 Jan. 2020
• An Orthodox Jewish man punched in the face on a London bus.
  — Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024