whack

Example Sentences

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“It doesn’t have to be: OK, you can’t touch the tree, or, we’re going to whack the tree back so much that you can’t stand to look at it,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

“My immune system and digestive system got all out of whack over the past couple of three years,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

That would whack stocks, as nonprofessional investors have reliably bought every dip because they have been conditioned to believe stocks always rise.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Fan Georgia Prickett, 27, previously told the BBC that "as soon as the artist releases their date, the hotels whack up their prices".

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

The warders in the guards’ station whack the side of their wireless and tilt it this way and that, but only static comes out of its speaker.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr