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Examples of oomph in a Sentence
The plot of the story lacks oomph.
The truck doesn't have the oomph to haul the boat.
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All that oomph allows the car to rocket for zero to 62 mph in 2.8 seconds and to a top speed of 217 mph.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
Heavy highlights on the face-framing pieces bring extra oomph.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024
Perhaps the increase in offensive line oomph can be attributed to some end-of-season hardware that was handed out before the college football playoff even began.
—NBC News, 9 Jan. 2024
From hotel quality pillows that are 73 percent off to iRobot’s Roomba that’s marked down by $100 to Levoit air purifiers and Dyson cordless vacuums marked way down, there are so many ways to add a little oomph to your home right now thanks to Amazon.
—Amber Love Bond, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2024
Choose a white serving plate for extra eclipse oomph.
—Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Thanks to all that oomph, this wagon can sprint from zero to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds and hit a top speed of 155 mph, two numbers that help explain why this thing costs over $125,000.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
Topline Both house hunters and car shoppers need significant financial oomph to close the deal.
—Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
And that these Modified Newtonian Dynamics or MOND could provide the extra gravitational oomph to hold galaxies together instead of dark matter.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
Heavy highlights on the face-framing pieces bring extra oomph.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024
Perhaps the increase in offensive line oomph can be attributed to some end-of-season hardware that was handed out before the college football playoff even began.
—NBC News, 9 Jan. 2024
From hotel quality pillows that are 73 percent off to iRobot’s Roomba that’s marked down by $100 to Levoit air purifiers and Dyson cordless vacuums marked way down, there are so many ways to add a little oomph to your home right now thanks to Amazon.
—Amber Love Bond, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2024
Choose a white serving plate for extra eclipse oomph.
—Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Thanks to all that oomph, this wagon can sprint from zero to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds and hit a top speed of 155 mph, two numbers that help explain why this thing costs over $125,000.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
Topline Both house hunters and car shoppers need significant financial oomph to close the deal.
—Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
And that these Modified Newtonian Dynamics or MOND could provide the extra gravitational oomph to hold galaxies together instead of dark matter.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Oomph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oomph. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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