smacking

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

There were brief respites, but things seldom got easier: “The wind whipped up at noon and sleet came smacking down,” Mr. Tesson recalls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Chocolate artworks by some of France's most famous pastry chefs sold at auction Monday for more than 100,000 euros in a charity event that had bidders smacking their lips.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

“Nobody trusts a founder who doesn’t use his own product,” he said, smacking his lips.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

I looked up at her and her smacking lips.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart