smacking

Example Sentences

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It was a stunning move, smacking of a coach who either feels he had nothing to lose or possibly feels he has lost it already at Spurs.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 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

How do you square this with him fully signing off on a Gorsuch opinion smacking trial court judges upside the head?

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

I’m smacking the heel of my shoe against the leg of my chair so hard I’ll probably have a bruise.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison