slam

Example Sentences

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The exiled rights group Human Constanta -- which monitors migrant rights in Belarus -- slammed the heavy-handed response for what is classified an administrative, not criminal, offence.

From Barron's

About 10 minutes after surfer Tommy Civik entered the water in Mendocino County, he was slammed by a force from below so hard that it was “like getting hit by a car.”

From Los Angeles Times

That is, until James collected a full-court baseball pass from Marcus Smart in the first quarter and slammed it down with one hand.

From Los Angeles Times

“Why, yes, Mrs. Warne,” said the Right Reverend, sliding his pointy black boot forward just a hint to keep her door from slamming shut on his petition.

From Literature

And Penguin Random House slammed the door shut when it nixed publication of his book “Reframe Your Brain,” which would have come out that fall, and removed his back catalog from its offerings.

From Los Angeles Times