smack

Example Sentences

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“Backrooms” is a film only a 20-year-old — someone whose existence sits smack in-between decades of uniform past and the blip of a recent few years filled with massive change — could make.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

First off, oil remains almost smack in the middle of its range from just before the Iran war to now, meaning the cost of energy is still higher.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

But what’s extra notable about the sputtering tech partnerships of the 2020s is how baldly they smack of desperation.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

This would smack middle-class homeowners in the outer boroughs as well as the wealthy in Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Still—call it the deepest of desires smack up against a lost cause.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti