Sentence examples for boom against from inspiring English sources

Later, they drove an underground drill rig, known as a jumbo, to the fallen diorite block, honking the machine's horn and pounding its long, armlike boom against the stone wall.

Let's begin this discussion by sizing the current installment of monetary largesse; namely, the Bernanke monetary boom, against the monetary largesse that produced the Tech Boom-Bust at the turn of the millennium and of course the Housing Boom-Bust turn Great Recession of 2008-09.

Business in M&B's 2,000 odd pubs is booming, against the background of a mini-recession in the leisure retailing industry.

Max Weinberg's drumming is a massive, martial heartbeat, booming against the ribs of the songs in fear and defiance.

The sales boom goes against the trend in the Murphy bed business.

Last month billionaire Mark Cuban, who made a fortune in the last tech boom, warned against the current appetite for tech.

New York magazine evoked the emotional peak of 80s teen cinema, imagining Sanders as a slightly slumped white-haired John Cusack, holding up his boom box against the rain.

In a period that gave us Viagra, an Ecstasy boom, progress against H.I.V. and a Barry White boxed set -- could there be any more favorable conditions for widespread whoopee?

Countries such as Norway and Chile can be tapped for their know-how in collecting mineral revenue and salting it away.All too often a natural-resource boom works against lasting development.

Of these, the title track, produced by Salaam Remi, hits hardest, juxtaposing restrained boom-bap against Tamia's pretty fluttering.

The boom pinned him against the vehicle, the authorities said.