smack of

Example Sentences

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But what’s extra notable about the sputtering tech partnerships of the 2020s is how baldly they smack of desperation.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

What the French essayist offers us “shall smack of the earth and of real life, sweet, or smart, or stinging.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The soundtrack captures the subtle smack of lips moving and the flutter of expressive hands moving through air, as well as extraneous sound like the hum of a jet passing overhead.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

To many, it will smack of a team in denial about the size of the problem they have with their car.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025

The sound Peter most loved in the world—the leather-to-leather smack of ball in glove—was so real in his dream that he smiled as he opened his eyes.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker