How to Use uppercut in a Sentence

uppercut

noun

• He hit his opponent with an uppercut to the chin.
• The heavy sock hit me in the chin like a boxer's uppercut.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 June 2017
• Burns walked Moret to the fence and timed a right uppercut that landed flush.
  — Greg Moore, azcentral, 14 Apr. 2018
• Every jab, uppercut, and back-of-the-head punch is met with oohs and ahhs.
  — Christine Flammia, Esquire, 27 Aug. 2017
• Crawford knocks down Porter on a left uppercut to start the round.
  — Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2021
• No, this clip, for Caden Sterns, is an uppercut to the gut.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• But Klitschko comes back late in the round with a left hook and right uppercut that stuns Joshua.
  — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2017
• Sheffield had been fielding a ball near the wall when the fan's uppercut appeared to graze him.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 27 May 2021
• Fury sealed the deal with a sizzling right uppercut that sent Whyte, 34, tumbling to the ground late in Round 6.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 24 Apr. 2022
• In the fourth round, Lara floored Gausha (20-1) with a left uppercut for the fight’s only knockdown.
  — Santos A. Perez, miamiherald, 15 Oct. 2017
• Audet said the man went over three seats to get to her and then punched with an uppercut that knocked her out.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• Sanchez shared Vaden’s twist on the uppercut with his fighters for decades.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020
• Kim lands a head kick and Brown answers with a nice uppercut.
  — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• Just put a natural uppercut on your swing, look to drive the ball high and far, and take a leisurely stroll around the bases.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2018
• Murphy lands a nice straight right hand and then an uppercut.
  — Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2019
• But Dvalishvili scrambled out and back to his feet and kept his high pace with jabs and uppercuts.
  — Matt Erickson, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2018
• Nunes rocked Spencer with a brutal uppercut in the final minute.
  — Mma Junkie, azcentral, 6 June 2020
• Alvarez was sharp with left jabs, straight rights, left hooks and uppercuts.
  — By Santos A. Perez, miamiherald, 7 May 2017
• Fury peppered Whyte with a jab to the face then let a right uppercut fly upward, rocking Whyte square on the chin.
  — Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2022
• While Axiom was scaling the ropes, Wes Lee hit him with a Shoryuken uppercut.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
• Hayes used his left hand to grab Bauman's jersey and hit him with a right uppercut.
  — Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2018
• Even in this era of the uppercut swing, Keuchel’s pitches are tough to elevate.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 4 May 2021
• The hands of time and change hit the Bruins like Marvin Hagler jabs and uppercuts this summer.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
• Then, late in the eighth, Tyson landed an uppercut that appeared to put things back in order.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2020
• His uppercuts slashed the air with erratic gusts of wind.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• In the first round of the fight, taking even a single uppercut from Tyson will put Little Mac on the mat, and blocking them still drains a ton of health.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 6 Oct. 2022
• Fuqua still loves when McCall was attacked in his kitchen in the first film and used a corkscrew uppercut to the chin to finish off his assailant.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• Fury was on the attack from the beginning in the 11th, backing Wilder to the ropes early in the round and landing a huge uppercut 30 seconds in.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 9 Oct. 2021
• Pressing down and heavy might give you an uppercut, while holding down/forward and heavy performs a sweeping kick.
  — Aurich Lawson, Ars Technica, 30 May 2023
• On a third diamond, East uppercuts with his king of trumps, promoting West’s ten.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024