How to Use punching bag in a Sentence

punching bag

noun

• And there’s a small stand with a red punching bag attached to the top.
  — Danya Perez, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Oct. 2021
• Or just not turned into a punching bag in the right way.
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
• One guy built a mini-gym with weights and a punching bag.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2021
• No longer will Purdue be the punching bag squads look to as a soft spot on their league slate.
  — Chris Johnson, SI.com, 17 Sep. 2017
• With his skills shot, the 38-year-old Ali spent 10 rounds serving as a punching bag for the quicker, stronger Holmes.
  — Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2022
• Arianda is the show’s punching bag and it’s starting to get to her.
  — Lindsey Bahr, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2021
• Fans around here see The Family as a civic punching bag.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 22 Feb. 2022
• We as men are supposed to protect our Queens not use them as a punching bag.
  — oregonlive, 18 Nov. 2021
• This year’s Navy team got to serve as a punching bag for a Mustangs program that needed.
  — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2020
• Marin was something of a paradox to mainstream Democrats, and often a punching bag.
  — Soumya Karlamangla, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2022
• The thump of fist to punching bag reverberates around the inside of Nugent’s garage.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2021
• The state was turned into a national punching bag overnight.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2020
• The room was cavernous and had the feeling of being half studio, half gym, with a punching bag hanging from the ceiling.
  — Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
• During the pandemic, Nugent has had more time alone to train, which has led to the garage workout routine and the punching bag.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2021
• The success and the Grammy trophies have, inevitably, made Snarky Puppy a punching bag for jazz snobs.
  — Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
• In a few days, the Bears will fly to Detroit for a Thanksgiving reunion with the division punching bag.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 22 Nov. 2021
• Best of all, working out with a punching bag relieved stress in ways that my yoga classes don’t.
  — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 14 May 2018
• Now, instead of a cushy matchup with the conference’s punching bag, Texas will begin this final stretch against an Iowa State team that looks like the class of the Big 12.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 23 Nov. 2020
• The Kansas City Royals, a longtime Yankees punching bag, played in two.
  — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 28 June 2018
• But Fox News has nevertheless become a punching bag on the right.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 6 Nov. 2020
• This 205-pound heavyweight punching bag is a #1 best-seller on Amazon.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 14 Nov. 2022
• Democrats need to keep around a punching bag as the government student loan debacle grows.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2022
• Paparazzi swarmed Spears’ home and her family, turning the singer into a tabloid punching bag.
  — Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2021
• In the middle of all this, Twitter has become the government's favorite punching bag.
  — Diksha Madhok, CNN, 9 July 2021
• However, she was also made the punching bag for the season to an extreme degree.
  — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 23 June 2020
• Since Disney voiced its support for the bill, the company has become a major right-wing punching bag.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2022
• But the 49ers, once Seattle’s most heated rival, have instead been the Seahawks’ biggest punching bag the last few years, the team to see when the patient has felt a little ill.
  — Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, 15 Sep. 2017
• Colored beams of light travel from the center of the virtual punching bag to puck-like numbered targets.
  — Corey Gaskin, Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2022
• This Everlast punching bag is one of Thomas’ favorites.
  — Yvonne Villasenor, SELF, 15 Sep. 2022
• Netflix has been a favourite punching bag for many in the French industry who blame declining box office on the rise of online viewing.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024