How to Use punch out in a Sentence

punch out

verb
  • The rest of the track is bright, with high synth lines that punch out.
    — PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The hero had punched out the villain and made him crumple to the ground.
    — Leon Neyfakh, Slate Magazine, 9 May 2017
  • One year, the Toyota TS040 had the best punch out of the corner and down the main straight.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 June 2018
  • Through the first six outs, the lanky southpaw punched out three.
    — NOLA.com, 23 May 2018
  • The windows were punched out and then the thieves entered them.
    — Amber Jayanth, The Enquirer, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Use a drinking straw to punch out two holes in the top of each cookie.
    — Lyda Jones Burnette, Country Living, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In the playoffs, Dunn held Atholton to one hit and punched out 10 in four innings of a 2-0 loss.
    — Tim Schwartz, baltimoresun.com, 17 June 2019
  • The scene takes all of the punch out of the jokes and ridicule that were common following the trial.
    — Karen Han, Vox, 7 July 2018
  • Jonathan Loaisiga punched out five in two innings, and Chad Green struck out the side in the ninth.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Guys punch out 200 times and people act like it’s no big deal.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The Buffs clocked in, put in a full four quarters of good work – for the first time this season – and punched out.
    — Brian Howell, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Thieves got in by punching out the driver’s side door lock.
    — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The driver’s-side front window was punched out, but nothing was stolen.
    — Jennifer James, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2019
  • This punches out a bunch of gaps in the carbon lattice.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 May 2024
  • Chubb’s next carry was a 44-yard run, but he was chased down by Jonathan Jones, who punched out the ball.
    — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 27 Oct. 2019
  • But the writers said the diversion took the punch out of the climactic fight, so the scene was cut.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 19 July 2019
  • Javonte Williams and Melvin Gordon are back to give Denver a 1-2 punch out of the backfield.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The window was removed and a door lock was punched out, police said.
    — Phil Rockrohr, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • In 1987 at Torrey Pines, Craig Stadler got on his knees to punch out a shot from under a tree.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Use a hammer to lightly bang against the back of the screwdriver and punch out the plastic plug.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2017
  • Due to this, when the shift ends there’s always a long line of people waiting their turn to punch out.
    — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Due to this, when the shift ends there’s always a long line of people waiting their turn to punch out.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Due to this, when the shift ends there’s always a long line of people waiting their turn to punch out.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Due to this, when the shift ends there’s always a long line of people waiting their turn to punch out.
    — Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022
  • But Minnesota United’s goalie dove to the right to punch out Ziegler’s low shot.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 13 July 2019
  • Sale punched out his 11th and 12th Giants in the seventh inning.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Slowly, each of the men drilled tiny holes around the air vents in the back of their cells, then punched out a portion of the wall large enough to wiggle through.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • In his first start for the Sox, Hernandez struck out the side in the first inning then punched out Nomar Mazara with a 96-m.p.h.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2019
  • Burrow completed a short pass to tight end Tanner Hudson, who was scampering into the end zone before Dugger punched out the ball at the 2-yard line.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Simultaneously punched out, yet refusing to stay down for the count, a gruff Smith does his actorly best to understand, then diss, his public’s view of the slap heard round the world.
    — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025

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