smacking

Example Sentences

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Leading the bonanza is Wells, who is smacking home runs at a rate above 0.7 per game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

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

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

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

This was up from 3,900 before the so-called smacking ban.

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