smacking

Example Sentences

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There have been countless other important space-related milestones since Apollo 17, our last moon visit, but what’s more dramatic than bouncing around in one-sixth of Earth’s gravity and smacking golf balls between lunar craters?

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

The first thing she does in the morning is give her phone 30 vigorous shakes, smacking it with one hand into the palm of the other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

We don’t like despots and dictators and monarchs or anything smacking of royalty.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

A mother-of-two says she is "baffled" that smacking a child was ever legal in Wales, nearly three years on from a ban being introduced.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

I start to say—but he cuts me off with a quick, tight hug and a wet smacking kiss on the cheek.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli