slap

Example Sentences

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“If it had been six months earlier, they would have given us a slap on the hand,” he said.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

The slap fare, as Woods lays it out, is for budget travelers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Makepeace-Warne said the Isle of Man's position was "slap bang in the middle" of the temperate rainforest zone, between the western seaboard of England, Scotland, and Wales and the eastern seaboard of Ireland.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Vegas would later go down a man as well, losing Dorofeyev for much of the second period after he was drilled by a Jackson LaCombe slap shot.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Sometimes my aunts and uncles would look at me and gently slap their cheeks, awestruck by the fact that I looked just like her.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi