How to Use haymaker in a Sentence

haymaker

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  • He was knocked down by a haymaker to his jaw.
  • Their styles mesh well, with hard-nosed deliveries and haymaker punchlines.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 22 July 2024
  • The Bucks’ haymaker came by way of a 21-0 run to end the third quarter.
    — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Cullen can be seen in the video throwing haymakers through the window.
    — Chris Sims, USA TODAY Sports, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Of course, the real haymaker of Finau’s round was his eagle on the turn.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
  • That haymaker from the Blues finally woke the Wild up and late in the first period.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2017
  • Until the Warriors hit them with the combo of haymakers late in the second.
    — Jim Clark, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Then, just as you’re getting settled, along comes the haymaker of Episode 6.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The center then got on his feet and threw a haymaker at Brown that seemed to connect with his helmet.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2022
  • McCarty coldcocked him with a right-gloved haymaker to the right side of his head.
    — Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2022
  • All night, each time St. Paul’s landed a punch, the Skippers countered with a haymaker of their own.
    — Jim Derry | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Burrow hit Edwards-Helaire for a 12-yard scoring pass on the next play that carried the weight of a haymaker.
    — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2019
  • And if the solution includes a haymaker or two, so be it.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The Sooners never landed the haymaker to knock out the Cyclones.
    — John Shinn Diehards, ajc, 7 Oct. 2017
  • The Aztecs could not punch them drunk, no matter how many haymakers landed.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Alankar believes a haymaker is bunching its fist and could strike at any time.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2020
  • No, the 49ers threw a haymaker moving up to No. 3, so go for the knockout choice in Lance, with his wildly large upside.
    — Sporting Green Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The hot shooting by the Wildcats was the equivalent of an early haymaker.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Then, after scoring three runs in the first inning, New York connected on a haymaker in the third.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Fifty-pound kettle bell swings and haymakers with a 30-pound cinder block and a TRX strap hooked up to a frozen swing set can make that much of a difference?
    — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2020
  • The game featured more haymakers than a Rocky Balboa-Apollo Creed fight.
    — WSJ, 5 Feb. 2018
  • But that’s becoming the trademark of this team – throw a last-minute haymaker to try to make up for long stretches of poor play during the first 30 minutes.
    — oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Throwing haymakers could be a two-way street, however, in the arena fast food built.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • While dos Anjos will want to stay upright and land haymakers, trying to work over Chiesa in a toe-to-toe battle, Chiesa will be trying to get him on the ground.
    — Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Then came a haymaker following the market close on April 19.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The Colts defensive line is supposed to throw that kind of punch, even if injury has taken away its haymaker.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Nov. 2020
  • The San Diego Gulls were hit by three haymakers early and could never recover.
    — Union -Tribune, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Because in Game 6, the more physical team landed the haymaker.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Perdomo threw his glove at Arenado, missing high, and ducked out of the way of a haymaker from the Rockies third baseman.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Once Hendricks departed, the Giants landed their haymaker, scoring three runs in the bottom of the eighth.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 25 June 2024

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