smack

Example Sentences

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What the French essayist offers us “shall smack of the earth and of real life, sweet, or smart, or stinging.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

We don’t want to smack anyone in the face over it, but we want to ask the questions about where we’ve come from.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

That’s almost smack in the middle of its range in the past three years, implying shares could always become more expensive.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Already in her still relatively short career, Elle Fanning has managed to position herself smack dab in the center of these two polarities, the perfect combination of classic Hollywood and new age celebrity.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

I feel the baton smack into my left hand, I curl my fingers around it, I switch it to my right hand and take off down the chalk-striped brick-colored lane.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli