smacking

Example Sentences

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He is smacking a ridiculous amount of home runs.

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

“I just don’t see it,” Yee said, given the way Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton, the top GOP contenders, are smacking each other around, hoping to emerge as the undisputed Republican standard-bearer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

A mother-of-two says she is "baffled" that smacking a child was ever legal in Wales, nearly three years on from a ban being introduced.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Sairy halted, smacking her hand against her forehead.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech