Sentence examples for punching down from inspiring English sources
Punching down is one thing.
Nowadays most people understand those jokes to be slut-shaming, punching down, don't they?
But here we have a man punching down on Mexicans, the Chinese, blacks, women, losers et al, the better to inflame a sector of society that has itself been buffeted and dazed by decades of kicking and punching down.
"The medium has grown up, and now the GTA franchise is a giant juggernaut that appears to be punching down instead of up," says female games journalist Leigh Alexander.
When he comes on - a small, dapper figure with an alert, humorous gaze - Jamal often hits the keyboard before sitting down, snapping to his feet again after punching down some unexpected resolving chord in the middle of a discourse.
It's the very definition of punching down, and because I am not an unfeeling monster, I can't help but sympathize with Reagan's children, who will never be able to laugh at their father's condition.
"Oftentimes, Mr. Trump punches down," she told me.
Do not punch down or knead dough at any time.
Rock punched down a couple times in disappointing ways.
Interestingly, Stewart Lee speculated that the tendency to "punch down" is why rightwing comics are less common.
