How to Use bam in a Sentence

bam

noun

• We heard a loud bam.
• Then — bam — pour the whole thing out in a bowl for lunch.
  — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2022
• Gone was the guy in a gray unitard who went bam, pow, zap!
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2022
• There’s all these names in there, and then, bam: the Irwin sock and the Frieda sock.
  — Gordy Megroz, Outside Online, 26 Mar. 2018
• In my state, one day it’s weather, and the next day—bam! Weather.
  — Riane Konc, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2017
• But then, bam, there was Orville, all over TV and the Internet.
  — David Wheeler, CNN, 22 May 2017
• To wake up on a cozy Sunday and have a bite of syrupy pancake with your fam-bam?
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 3 Feb. 2023
• There were streamers early in the show, and bam, pop, streamers again near the end.
  — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 July 2017
• Cut here, cut there, unzip this, pull, bam, we’re done.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2020
• Just grab the matching one-pieces for you and your daughter, the board shorts for hubby and son, and bam.
  — Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2018
• In the white-walled halls of a Florida art fair, a thunderous bam!
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
• Time to get back to w....bam, transfer request handed in.
  — SI.com, 11 July 2019
• Rebecca bids on a date with Uncle Jesse for $1,700, and bam!
  — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 18 May 2018
• Salty, deep-fried ham-and-cheese croquetas with a piquant sriracha aioli — bam!
  — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• Brush your hand across the sequins, moving them in the other direction, and bam!
  — Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, 7 June 2018
• Pour those eggs into a crust and, bam, instant upgrade.
  — Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2022
• Pair a new one under a suit that's seen better days and—bam—instant polish.
  — Matt Sebra, GQ, 2 Oct. 2017
• Post one pic about getting Astroworld to number one and, bam, Sweetner could be blown out of the water.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 23 Aug. 2018
• Lynch embraced slam-bam football while growing up in Solana Beach.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023
• If the natural gas in those pipes escapes to mix with air, bam … there can be disaster.
  — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2017
• In its very spareness Women and Power gains some wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am appeal.
  — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 19 Dec. 2017
• Bams played a major role in Villa Park’s 9-0 run in the second period.
  — Tim Tuttle, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2017
• That last bathroom stop, finding your phone, locking up the doors, searching for the address, swapping your purse, and bam...
  — Ellevate, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• The deputy immediately ordered ballistic testing, and bam -- the results were a match for the firearm used to kill Tupac.
  — Matt Miller, Esquire, 15 Dec. 2017
• And then, bam, Cruz goes full Zodiac Killer on everyone involved.
  — Devon Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 18 Oct. 2017
• With a quick shake-out of her famously high-volume curls, Khan is ready for the final percussive finishes of perfume (bam!), fan (bam!), megawatt smile (bam!).
  — Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2017
• Wham, bam, thank you for registering your vehicle with us, ma’am.
  — Nathan Hurst, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2013
• There's a reason behind your rosiness after a night of pinot noir: The alcohol and sulfites used to preserve wine make small blood vessels in the face open more, causing blood to rush to the surface, and bam!
  — Mona Gohara, Good Housekeeping, 13 Dec. 2018
• Fifth inning, two pitches, bam, a single to center and all the Angels outfielders had gotten involved.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2022
• The sequence was so wham-bam that Marcell Ozuna scrambled back to tag up, left too soon and ended being called out on replay review, preventing the Braves from pushing their lead to 3-0.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024