How to Use fist in a Sentence

fist

1 of 2 noun

• She pounded on the door with both fists.
• He pounded his fist on the table in anger.
• He defiantly shook his fist at the policeman.
• And the husband-and-wife duo the War and Treaty pumped their fists.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2024
• And the fists and the poles were right there at the bottom of my shoulder blades.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
• Then, two men can be seen pounding their fists on the hood.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
• LeBron James popped out of his seat and pumped his fist.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
• Make a fist with your off hand and extend your non-working arm out to the side.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 31 May 2023
• The report also says the deputy then pushed Scott’s face away from him and punched her in the eye with a closed fist.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 9 June 2023
• Reach back with the arm of the same side and place your fist on your sacrum—the bony area at the base of your spine that connects to your pelvis.
  — Jacqueline Andriakos, Health, 18 Aug. 2023
• That prompted Williams to smile and repeat the phrase while pumping a fist.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
• At one point, a CSX driver pumped up his fist as the train crossed a road nearby.
  — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2023
• Her face was wide, cheekbones like fists, large blue eyes.
  — Ottessa Moshfegh, The New Yorker, 6 July 2023
• The Cleveland man then swung his fists at the mother, who was trying to push him away.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 22 July 2023
• The trees and the trails, the birds and the breeze, the rivers and lakes and mountains and plains that remained the same, despite the fists of fear and chaos holding the world in their grip.
  — Lauren Melink, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• He's posted up at a bar with beers in front of him — ignore the human fists.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
• Sixx was seen fist pumping in the air with his strumming hand,while the bass part was playing.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• Turang was pumping his fists and fired up around the bases, then got a curtain call from the fans.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
• Joe pumps his fist in victory, then tells you to leave Kate alone.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
• Hold your arms slightly above your torso, with your hands in fists.
  — Men's Health, 26 May 2023
• Down 14 points in the fist nine minutes Saturday night?
  — The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2024
• Lundell lifted his hands into the air, beckoned for the crowd to cheer and then pumped his right fist.
  — David Wilson, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
• This apparently angered the male as his response was to strike the V w/a closed fist in the face.
  — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
• Then grab handfuls of rice with straight fingers and squeeze them into a fist.
  — Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 30 Mar. 2023
• The unknown subject then struck the 87-year-old victim in the jaw with a closed fist, pushing him backwards.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 5 Aug. 2023
• In the morning of the earth’s creation, 385 million years ago, before Príncipe's fist of rock punched up from the ocean floor, the fish walked out of the sea on its fins.
  — Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
• In the 16 years since, Hamas has ruled the Gaza Strip with an iron fist, seeking to impose sharia law on the population.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2023
• During the news conference, Little held up the piece of concrete, roughly the size of his fist.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
• The Nationals started the game with a bang, producing three fist downs on their first three snaps.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 4 Feb. 2023
• By the way, my cousin’s father (my uncle, on my mother’s side) was known to raise his fists to his wife and children.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024

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fist

2 of 2 verb

• Then, the man in the red shirt and another man begin to fist fight.
  — Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, 8 July 2019
• But that's just scratching the surface of how ham-fisted and bad faith this PR is.
  — Luke Darby, GQ, 10 Mar. 2018
• Morton nodded, briefly sat alone with his thoughts and then got up to fist-bump Kemp.
  — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
• Able to fist fight in trenches and hold his own against power players.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Country star Luke Combs was seen walk-in through the crowd double-fisting whiskey and Coke cocktails.
  — Mark Gray, PEOPLE.com, 21 May 2018
• One even left the store double-fisting her water ice and a huge cup of steaming coffee.
  — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• In the midst of it, Ozuna fisted a fastball into left field for a run-scoring single that tied the score 1-1.
  — Maria Torres, latimes.com, 21 June 2019
• Reality in 2018 can be ham-fisted, to be sure; the writers of history seem to have jumped the shark.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 15 May 2018
• Martínez swung and got jammed, fisting a weak ground ball to first base, ending the game and leaving him with nothing besides the handle of his bat.
  — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2019
• Her mom found Hongyue frozen at the kitchen table, hand fisted over her chest, staring down at a pristine sheet of rice paper.
  — Veronica Chambers, New York Times, 28 June 2019
• With the runners going on a full-count pitch, Alonso then fisted a grounder up the middle to drive in Lagares and Altherr for a 3-1 lead.
  — Kollin Miller, courant.com, 18 Aug. 2019
• So far, these playoffs have been a hit, with the league double-fisting Game 7s during the conference finals.
  — Jerry Brewer, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2018
• Rose Lavelle took the corner, then seconds later dribbled through three defenders to take the first shot of the game, which was fisted down with both hands by Telford.
  — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 2 July 2019
• However, the message feels ham-fisted, gimmicky, and flat.
  — Kendra James, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Mar. 2019
• But Miyahara laced a two-run triple with two outs in the second to tie it at 2, and Ryusei Fujiwara fisted a single to right to bring Miyahara home.
  — Matt Martell and Jack Dougherty, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2017
• During Tuesday’s opener against the Jazz, Green barely reacted when Gobert two-fisted him out of bounds in the second half.
  — Ailene Voisin, sacbee.com, 3 May 2017
• After completing a great ride or an advanced trick, the athlete will fist-pump, or point a cocky finger, or do some version of a touchdown boogie.
  — Jamie Brisick, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
• But the film is too clumsy and ham-fisted by half to bring much authenticity or wit to the measure of these women's experiences.
  — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2019
• The Michigan lacrosse team managers offered up this not-so-hot take heading into Tuesday's game vs. Bellarmine, trashing the Knights and the commonwealth with this ham-fisted tweet.
  — Chris White, The Courier-Journal, 13 Feb. 2018
• There’s not a lot the target country can do to stop them, beyond pointing out and ridiculing ham-fisted propaganda.
  — Michael Anton, WSJ, 19 July 2018
• The government's response to images of those rescuers at work was ham-fisted, with the Information Ministry calling them a hoax.
  — Stephen Wright, Fox News, 11 June 2019
• The government’s response to images of those rescuers at work was ham-fisted, with the Information Ministry calling them a hoax.
  — Washington Post, 11 June 2019
• Further, it is believed that Jones feels Goodell is too iron-fisted with player suspensions.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• For years, the NCAA has fought clench-fisted, mean-spirited court battles to control the names, likenesses and activities of college athletes.
  — Sally Jenkins, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2018
• In lesser hands, this could become — in many works of contemporary literary fiction, does become — ham-fisted or preachy.
  — Anthony Domestico, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2018
• The militant attacks, and the state's iron-fisted response, have in turn fed a deepening sense of political polarization in Turkey.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 17 May 2017
• Rather than being greeted as an honest attempt to reach out to a voting group that overwhelmingly dislikes him, the taco bowl post was widely mocked as an obvious, ham-fisted pander.
  — Farhad Manjoo, New York Times, 18 May 2016
• Bruce's delivery is unapologetically theatrical which brings things to life, and in lesser hands would feel clumsy and ham-fisted.
  — Ron Hart, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2018
• Roommate disagreements could quickly escalate to fist fights.
  — Dallas News, 6 July 2019
• Even the American Association of Geographers can agree on this — and those people will fist fight over topography.
  — Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal, 31 Aug. 2017

Last Updated: 6 May 2024