back-slapping
Example Sentences
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Carter wasn’t much for the legislature’s back-slapping ways.
From Seattle Times
The bane of one American president — Barack Obama — and the back-slapping intimate of another, Donald Trump.
From Los Angeles Times
And no one seemed to enjoy the shift more than Biden, the most back-slapping and tactile of politicians.
From Seattle Times
Amid the back-slapping from those who feel the big clubs have been stopped in their tracks, it is worth remembering there were a couple of major changes to the Champions League from 2024 agreed by Uefa this week that will work in favour of the established elite.
From BBC
Sliding back into the Senate after a second wildly popular — but ultimately unsuccessful — presidential run is tricky business, especially for a cranky maverick like the Vermonter, who was never fond of back-slapping, backroom plotting or wearing a suit.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
