Sentences with phrase «much oomph»

These retirees have just as much oomph as the youngsters, and rather a lot more experience.

However, there's not much oomph left in midrange speeds.

Still, considering how much oomph there is to play with, this criticism of the Nissan Pathfinder is a small one.

Along the way, because there was so much oomph behind the goal of getting everyone into college — and so much aversion to anything that resembles «tracking» — we devalued and stigmatized what used to be called vocational education and are now having to reinvent it under the shiny new label of «career and technical education» a.k.a. «CTE».

It does not require much oomph — about 500 piconewtons to rip apart 20 base pairs.

Ultimately, it's a minorly fine film that just lacks much oomph, especially in light of the series that followed it.

Very economical across the board, but don't expect much oomph from the base engine Though the mantra often goes that small, not - very - powerful engines work at their best in compact cars, there are exceptions to that rule.

But there is not much oomph between 45 mph and 65 mph.

Although producing a combined 187 horsepower with its hybrid system, we don't feel much oomph, just a gradual wind up from the gas engine and electric motor.

Given their airbrushed surfaces, describing the paintings as inert gives them too much oomph.

That's probably because these volcanoes didn't have quite as much oomph as Mount Pinatubo, experts say.

A computer monitors all sorts of variables and decides from millisecond to millisecond how much oomph each motor has to contribute to get the job done most efficiently (Eco) or most quickly (Sport).

My only complaint would be the horsepower when starting up from a light, the CVT transmission doesn't have much oomph behind it.

All this suggests that the Quantitative Easing doesn't have much oomph — and that means Bernanke is caught in a stalemate.

I wish I had as much oomph to get things done when I was 19.

She puts as much oomph as she can into batting away or blasting Storm Troopers by the dozens (they fall as easily as the Indians did in run - of - the - mill old Westerns), but Edwards has given her nothing distinctive to play during all her derring - do, the way Abrams did Daisy Ridley in The Force Awakens, when she seemed to be grabbing her destiny with her own two hands.

If having as much oomph as possible is important to you, the Mercedes - AMG S65 boasts marginally more, at 621bhp, but comes with the added appeal of a V12 engine, again with two turbochargers.

How many people driving monstrously powerful modern cars understand that it's the computer that determines how much oomph they're going to get, not the throttle pedal position?

The normally - aspirated V8 is the proper, sharp tool for a mountain - road scythe, but this turbo V8 will have to do.Turbocharged engines are not as sharp but with this much oomph, it is easily overlooked.

But if you don't need that much oomph, the U series version will get you an excellent 10 + hours of battery life.