smack

Example Sentences

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Sometimes, those gates can snap back and deliver a parting gift – a smack on the backside.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

That’s almost smack in the middle of its range in the past three years, implying shares could always become more expensive.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

She also met a 12-year-old boy who described using music during his therapy sessions, and told her how he now plays the drums in a school band because he loves instruments "I can smack".

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

He aims to chronicle the people, places and businesses smack in the middle of seismic changes transforming America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

I feel the baton smack into my left hand, I curl my fingers around it, I switch it to my right hand and take off down the chalk-striped brick-colored lane.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli