How to Use haymaker in a Sentence

haymaker

noun
  • He was knocked down by a haymaker to his jaw.
  • Alankar believes a haymaker is bunching its fist and could strike at any time.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Cullen can be seen in the video throwing haymakers through the window.
    — Chris Sims, USA TODAY Sports, 17 Oct. 2017
  • His flurry of floaters, midrange jumpers and triples landed like haymakers.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • The damage is done by throwing your haymakers in your best sequences.
    — Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
  • The Aztecs could not punch them drunk, no matter how many haymakers landed.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Playoff baseball, both sides just kept coming with haymakers and big at-bats.
    — Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
  • These teams are trading haymakers.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The Bucks’ haymaker came by way of a 21-0 run to end the third quarter.
    — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Of course, the real haymaker of Finau’s round was his eagle on the turn.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
  • McCarty coldcocked him with a right-gloved haymaker to the right side of his head.
    — Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2022
  • The best in the world kept throwing haymakers at one another, run after run.
    — Zak Keefer, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Both sides just kept coming with haymakers and big at-bats, big moments off of two really good bullpens.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Throwing haymakers could be a two-way street, however, in the arena fast food built.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Then, just as you’re getting settled, along comes the haymaker of Episode 6.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The angle from which the video was shot obscures whether the haymaker thrown by Julio Urías struck his wife.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Until the Warriors hit them with the combo of haymakers late in the second.
    — Jim Clark, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The pace has definitely ramped up here in the third quarter, with both teams landing haymakers.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
  • This is the sort of game that will require CSU’s offense to trade haymakers.
    — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Soler was throwing haymakers, while López was throwing punches to fend him off.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The Broncos must not go down without throwing haymakers.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2026
  • That haymaker from the Blues finally woke the Wild up and late in the first period.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2017
  • 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 Rams accepted the challenge, took a haymaker in the kisser but declined to fade away.
    — Jay Paris, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The hot shooting by the Wildcats was the equivalent of an early haymaker.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The two heavyweights exchanged haymakers before Olivier caught Reaves with right hand and sent him to the ice.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The Knicks finally look like contenders — like a team that can absorb a haymaker and answer with one even heavier.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
  • The Knicks and Pistons were throwing haymakers at each other in a game that did not disappoint.
    — Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
  • The Sooners never landed the haymaker to knock out the Cyclones.
    — John Shinn Diehards, ajc, 7 Oct. 2017

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