How to Use roundhouse in a Sentence

roundhouse

noun
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  • For the final skill, the twins broke down a roundhouse kick.
    — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Walters was also able to climb on the roof of the roundhouse.
    — Karen Pearlman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 June 2018
  • And James Dalton would be proud of those roundhouse kicks.
    — Kali Simmons, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2021
  • With all those killer jabs, who needs a roundhouse knockout punch?
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 28 July 2019
  • The last two recessions walloped the U.S. like roundhouse punches to the jaw.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Drive front heel toward butt and, with a pointed toe, kick front foot straight out to perform the roundhouse.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 5 Oct. 2021
  • 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 roundhouse's soft drinks will be Pepsi products and Sprecher root beer.
    — Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2022
  • 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
  • So Lacob backed up and threw a big, theatrical roundhouse punch at his coach.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Between the walls of an Iron Age roundhouse, nail cleaners and bone spoons were discovered.
    — Lauren Depino, Time, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Objects were found between the walls of this Iron Age roundhouse at Broxmouth in Scotland.
    — Lindsey Büster, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jackson thanked him for asking, then landed a nice clean roundhouse punch.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • State workers rallied against the state’s return-to-office order at the roundhouse in Santa Fe.
    — Bygleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Five hours later, with the help of a 250-ton crane, the locomotive had pulled itself back on the tracks and was taken to the roundhouse for inspection and repairs.
    — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 22 June 2018
  • The roundhouse was built in 1865 to house locomotives of the old Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
    — David Sharos, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • On the farm, researchers found signs of a roundhouse, animal pens and waste pits dating to the Bronze and Iron Ages, according to Gizmodo.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2020
  • With his gloved hands, Mooney landed roundhouse punches, turning Friend’s face into a bloody pulp.
    — Jim Woods, Cincinnati.com, 17 Dec. 2019
  • An epic battle ensues — Sawayama, a pop singer, knows her way around a roundhouse kick — and sets up a tantalizing premise.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Davis ducked beneath them and countered with a thunderous roundhouse left that dropped Garcia.
    — Morgan Campbell, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • One assailant cold-cocked a man with sweeping roundhouse punch, leaving him unconscious on his back as others struggled in the street feet away.
    — Evan Sernoffsky, SFChronicle.com, 11 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Inside the ring, Devi has racked up victories using a head-caving roundhouse kick.
    — Posted Jim Varsallone, miamiherald, 22 June 2017
  • Ellie Goulding: Boxing The pop star has spent 2017 showing off her jab-cross combos and roundhouse kicks on Instagram.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 26 Dec. 2017
  • In March, what is believed to be the oldest railway roundhouse was discovered at the Birmingham Curzon Street station.
    — CNN, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Amalia, gifted with foresight, has a shadowy past, a legendary right hook and a habit of ditching her walking dresses mid-brawl, because a long skirt can really spoil a roundhouse kick.
    — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2021

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