How do you use Wham in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like whack or whop, plus the exact meaning.
Wham meaning
- A forceful blow.
- The sound of such a blow; a thud.
- An attempt.
Using Wham
- The main meaning on this page is: A forceful blow. | The sound of such a blow; a thud. | An attempt.
- Useful related words include: whack, whop, wallop, hit.
- In the example corpus, wham often appears in combinations such as: wham and, and wham, the wham.
Context around Wham
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 3 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wham
- In this selection, "wham" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rock, beating, former, stadium, bam and middleton stand out and add context to how "wham" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the wham stadium and at the wham stadium in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wham" sits close to words such as abdicate, adapters and adores, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wham
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Wham bam, thank you clam. (5 words)
Who were the members of Wham! (6 words)
Their two touchdowns came off of Duo Wham (Williams) and FB Dive (Burton). (13 words)
The 31-year-old, who is the son of Spandau Ballet bass player Martin Kemp and Wham singer Shirlie Kemp, announced in February that he was stepping down from the radio show, 10 years after presenting his first programme for the station. (42 words)
George's former Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley spoke to the at the time about the brutal strain waiting for the coroner to release George's body for burial was having on his loved ones. (34 words)
Last year, Michael’s estate extended its global publishing agreement with Warner Chappell Music U.K. covering the artist’s solo work as well as songs from his time in Wham! (31 words)
Last year, Michael’s estate extended its global publishing agreement with Warner Chappell Music U.K. covering the artist’s solo work as well as songs from his time in Wham! (31 words)
Having sold over 250,000 tickets across 18 countries, the performer recreates the Wham! (14 words)
Who were the members of Wham! (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
As part of the non-stop action, young fans chased Rock ‘Wham’ Middleton around as he slid across the court while still dribbling the ball.
At Wham!’s final farewell concert at Wembley in 1986, he walks off humbly.
But, what was top class as always was the support shown for the Reds during the EFL League Two fixture at the Wham Stadium.
Hopeful of beating Wham to Christmas number one, Sam added: “Let’s do it together with our big optimistic boots on.
Last year, Michael’s estate extended its global publishing agreement with Warner Chappell Music U.K. covering the artist’s solo work as well as songs from his time in Wham!
Wham!’s assertive name was apparently born in a dance club, a scene the two friends frequented together and often drew inspiration from.
While George Michael may no longer be with us, his legacy lives on through Wham! and their timeless music.
George's former Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley spoke to the at the time about the brutal strain waiting for the coroner to release George's body for burial was having on his loved ones.
Having sold over 250,000 tickets across 18 countries, the performer recreates the Wham!
Martin and Shirlie met in the 1980s after she performed on Top of the Pops with Wham, and they got married five years later in St Lucia.
Meanwhile, Bolton produced a 3-1 victory over Accrington at the Wham Stadium in their last 16 tie.
Talbot thinks that ifSheeran really "wanted to really go for it" with Under The Tree, his song from Richard Curtis's That Christmas movie, he could challenge Wham! and Mariah.
The 31-year-old, who is the son of Spandau Ballet bass player Martin Kemp and Wham singer Shirlie Kemp, announced in February that he was stepping down from the radio show, 10 years after presenting his first programme for the station.
Their two touchdowns came off of Duo Wham (Williams) and FB Dive (Burton).
They are running Inside Zone Wham Weak which allows for all but the playside DE to be double teamed.
We’ll see what happens after we get past the typical Christmas wave that we’re having right now, with Mariah and Wham! and all of those records.
Wham bam, thank you clam.
Who were the members of Wham!
But the movie, for all its retrograde politics and wham-bam machismo, can also be slick, silly fun — a giddy exercise in freewheeling nihilism, played to the hilt.
One minute Turner’s character could seem sweet and innocent, then wham, slit your throat.
Common combinations with wham
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- wham and 5×
- and wham 5×
- the wham 4×
- wham bam 3×
- of wham 3×
- wham stadium 2×
- wham to 2×
- in wham 2×
- as wham 2×
- with wham 2×