Sentences with phrase «big wallop»

Nothing like the late heavy bombardment has hit Earth in recent geological time, but every 100 million years or so something big wallops the planet.

«It carries a really big wallop to the thinking part of the brain, which has to argue for or against it,» Brizendine says.

For a tiny country, it packs a big wallop when it comes to charm and scenery.

This little devil packs a big wallop.

The biggest wallop hit over the summer, when Mattel and other companies announced they'd sold thousands of Chinese - made toys that were coated with lead - based paint.

MicroRNAs add a big wallop of complexity on top of the standard model of molecular biology, where the information in DNA is made into RNA, and RNAs make proteins.

It packs the biggest wallop, and it features what is surely the strongest of all Frank Sinatra's dramatic performances, as well as the most affecting and glowing of Kim Novak's.

Number 1 film, Mommy: A non-widescreen, non-populist film in the 21st century that packs a bigger wallop than a trout full of cement.

As for intervening in schools that aren't measuring up, here's where we're in need of a big wallop of humility.

The engine computer is programmed to ignore this (some cars cut throttle if you press both pedals for more than a short period of time), and the result is fairly neutral balance — until, of course, you flex your right ankle and send a big wallop of sideways to the rear tires.

Now, despite my being somewhat disappointed at that crucial point in the plot, I SEE YOU is still a very good police procedural mystery (with a shocking twist) that the reader just «might» see coming... or not, but (for me) it was just missing that «big wallop» you find in I LET YOU GO

Treats for training and reward are usually small but pack a big wallop of flavor and smell — the smellier the better for most dogs!