smote

Example Sentences

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I’ve never touched a gun nor smote anything larger than a stink bug.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Like the Boston Red Sox finally beating the Yankees in 2004, Buffalo smote their longtime nemesis in epic fashion.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2022

So went Robert Downey Jr. from the presence of Jimmy Fallon and smote the entire internet with an unwatchable video.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2018

In which arena rock was smote upside the backside by the punk movement.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2016

The out-companies with a great cheer turned and smote their pursuers.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien