smacking

Example Sentences

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There have been countless other important space-related milestones since Apollo 17, our last moon visit, but what’s more dramatic than bouncing around in one-sixth of Earth’s gravity and smacking golf balls between lunar craters?

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

This was up from 3,900 before the so-called smacking ban.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

There were brief respites, but things seldom got easier: “The wind whipped up at noon and sleet came smacking down,” Mr. Tesson recalls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

How do you square this with him fully signing off on a Gorsuch opinion smacking trial court judges upside the head?

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

"This," he says, smacking his lips, "will taste so mmmm...good."

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman