How to Use roundhouse in a Sentence

roundhouse

noun
  • With all those killer jabs, who needs a roundhouse knockout punch?
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 28 July 2019
  • Well, the roundhouse kicks are pretty crisp.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Walters was also able to climb on the roof of the roundhouse.
    — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 June 2018
  • And there’s not a roundhouse kick or a high-octane pistol face-off in sight.
    — Clifford Coonan, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Jackson thanked him for asking, then landed a nice clean roundhouse punch.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Sky backflipped out of Pop Rox and followed up with a roundhouse kick.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • So Lacob backed up and threw a big, theatrical roundhouse punch at his coach.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The roundhouse's soft drinks will be Pepsi products and Sprecher root beer.
    — Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2022
  • Between the walls of an Iron Age roundhouse, nail cleaners and bone spoons were discovered.
    — Lauren Depino, Time, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Davis ducked beneath them and countered with a thunderous roundhouse left that dropped Garcia.
    — Morgan Campbell, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Before the lights dimmed in the comedy club parking lot, the comic bid adieu with a pithy roundhouse-uppercut.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
  • With his gloved hands, Mooney landed roundhouse punches, turning Friend’s face into a bloody pulp.
    — Jim Woods, Cincinnati.com, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Urías throws a roundhouse punch with his pitching hand and unleashes a stream of expletives in Spanish.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Archaeologists have learned that two roundhouses were built at the site, one after the other.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024
  • The main idea of the challenge is to unscrew a bottle cap off of the top of a bottle with a roundhouse kick, without knocking the bottle over.
    — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE.com, 8 July 2019
  • Inside the ring, Devi has racked up victories using a head-caving roundhouse kick.
    — Posted Jim Varsallone, miamiherald, 22 June 2017
  • Few celebrities have sparked a cult following quite like the roundhouse-kicking Chuck Norris.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Alcaraz blasted a 131mph serve down the middle that landed like a roundhouse right to the jaw, then kicked in a second serve on set point.
    — The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Today Malvern is an Amtrak stop and home to what is believed to be the best surviving railroad roundhouse in the state.
    — Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2020
  • State workers rallied against the state’s return-to-office order at the roundhouse in Santa Fe.
    — Bygleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Ingram punched and roundhouse-kicked a picture of Houston's mascot on the wall in the end zone to celebrate the score that was the knockout blow.
    — Kristie Rieken, Star Tribune, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Objects were found between the walls of this Iron Age roundhouse at Broxmouth in Scotland.
    — Lindsey Büster, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Early’s remarkable life rumbles along — from Chargers pass routes to roundhouse kicks, big-screen bruises to a widening world of words.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2019
  • The trip will take guests on a nine-mile, round-trip ride from the historic roundhouse and shops in Orbisonia to Colgate Grove and back.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The boys guessed at the controls, which were all in Japanese, and found that Ryu could back flip, leg sweep, uppercut, roundhouse and who knew what else.
    — Veronica Chambers, New York Times, 28 June 2019
  • Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills to the role — including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The property was built on the site of an old steam locomotive roundhouse, and the original semi-circular stone wall runs through the new building.
    — Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Recent viral videos of a bot in a clown wig roundhouse kicking a small child, or another dancing bot breaking a spectator’s nose, are testament to that.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 10 June 2026
  • Pereira will play a character called The Butcher, and bring his set of skills – including anaconda chokes and roundhouse kicks – to his meaty role.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Follow her adventures in drinks, parenting and roundhouse kicks on Instagram at @thesocalwinegal.
    — Devin Parr, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025

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