Example Sentences

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Monfils raises break point and absolutely spanks a forehand winner from the middle of the baseline into the forehand corner!

From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2022

The ball runs towards Davies, who spanks a first-time shot over the bar from a tight angle.

From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2021

Perhaps it’s because it’s by and about women that it spanks the whole bunch of “prestigious” puzzle TV shows, by never letting the puzzle swamp its characters or their psychologies.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2019

For another thing, the movie effectively spanks snobs who claim that people aren’t into books anymore.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2018

This time we are going to spank the enemy on the part of his anatomy where spanks are conventionally given.

From The Last Shot by Palmer, Frederick