How to Use smack in a Sentence
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Some of the struts give easily, with just the smack of a hand.
—Anthony Haden-Guest, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
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Kyle Bradish skipped over the first base line and gave his glove a hard smack.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2022
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The post-whistle stuff happened all game, as did the big smacks.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
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If the message sent by the Lakers was a tap on the shoulders, the one sent by the Warriors is a smack in the face.
—Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2021
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The stillness of Saturday morning is a smack to the face.
—Tom Noie, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2020
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Even cooler, there’s a stretch of sand smack dab in the middle of one of the lakes that’s complete with a fire pit.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023
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The Port, as locals call it, is just over nine square miles, with the post office smack in the middle.
—Kate Storey, Town & Country, 13 June 2023
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His best pop of the night was an open-ice smack on Anton Lundell in the third that set off some sparks.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
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A little harsh, maybe, but Georgia earned the right to talk any smack after a 65-7 blowout.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 17 May 2023
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Well, that was an offseason, even with the 99-day lockout smack in the middle.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2022
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Even without the smack, the broadcast would have been a disaster.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
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How no kid just went bounce [smack motion] is beyond me.
—Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
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The railway departs from Milford, New York — a quaint little town smack dab in the middle of the state.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
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Stephens suddenly found that his acreage was smack dab in the best place in the world to apply these new techniques.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
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Leading up to this third bout, Wilder and Fury have been whipping up some colossal smack.
—Anthony Stitt, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
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Every so often, a thunderous smack echoed from the grass in front of them, louder than the rest.
—oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2023
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Wes gets a good hit on Yes' face, and as the elimination continues, Yes starts to talk a lot of smack to Wes.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 1 June 2022
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Below deck is a cabin complete with beds, lights, and a toilet smack dab in the middle.
—WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
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Over the past 100 years, Americans went from being some of the tallest people in the world to ranking somewhere smack in the middle.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 7 Jan. 2024
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But at around 10 p.m., all eyes were on a stage smack in the middle of the city’s Broadway entertainment district.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023
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At first, Jenkins was indignant, even dishing back some smack to the thugs who were standing in front of her car.
—Jon Tevlin, Star Tribune, 1 July 2021
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The crowd collectively gasps as the camera hits the stage with an audible smack.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
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For another bright eye-dea, try L'Oréal’s liquid eye shadows in one of 12 shades, all with a smack of shimmer.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2022
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The joke missed, badly. Smith walked onto the stage from his front-row seat and took a swing at Rock with an open palm, generating a loud smack.
—Tim Reynolds, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2022
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In the closing moments of the first period, Leveille took a head-rattling smack along the boards from Canucks winger Marc Crawford.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
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Speaking of which, Kathy's out on the sun porch talking smack about her competitors with Susan, April, and Nancy.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2023
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The result was a serious burn concentrated right smack in my shoulders—with nary a twinge in my traps.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 8 Oct. 2020
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This is a step up, some designers say, from traditional fans with a basic globe light tacked on smack in the middle.
—Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
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Reynolds’ Adam, who drops into a woods lit with ’70s Spielbergian blue light and skulks around bleeding from a bullet wound, talks as much smack as 12-year-old Adam does.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2022
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This was a postcard September afternoon smack in the middle of Missouri -- one chiseled from the mold of a football game day.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 27 Sep. 2020
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The man smacked him in the back of the head and, in Spanish, told him not to lie.
—Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
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The man smacked him in the back of the head and, in Spanish, told him not to lie.
—The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2024
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Then, the orcas will smack their tails on the edge of the school of fish and eat any stunned fish.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2024
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But the Day-Glo hues all caress and smack and seduce the eye.
—Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2022
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Things ramp up when a bug smacks into Fallon’s face in the midst of the chaos.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
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Jada looked unimpressed by the joke, but Smith took the stage and smacked Rock across the face.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
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Lee came in, smacked her cell phone out of the woman’s hand and punched her in her chest.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
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Okoronkwo popped up and smacked Hudson in the head, and dashed away.
—cleveland, 30 July 2023
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Smith made a beeline for the stage, smacked Rock and returned to his seat.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2023
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Williams jumped on the back of another who was about to smack Blue.
—Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Dec. 2022
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At one point, the president appeared to smack the lectern in anger.
—Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
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The Canes smacked 19 hits Tuesday, 10 of them for extra bases.
—Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
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The memes about getting smacked by your mom with a chancla?
—Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
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The crowd got a showstopper, from the artist smack dab in the middle of that night’s lineup.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024
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Jeremy Peña then smacked a single to left to send Abreu home.
—Kristie Rieken, Chron, 15 May 2023
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The Kia smacked the inside wall and began heading across the highway.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2024
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The jolliest time of year is also smack dab in the middle of cold and flu season.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 14 Dec. 2023
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Otto Lopez later smacked a two-run home run in the inning.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
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Heck, even Rocky Balboa used to smack sides of beef in a freezing meat cooler.
—Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2021
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Chicago residents and tourists have smacked about 100 bottles of ketchup from the stand in the last few weeks, Heinz said.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
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The pair share a tense exchange, which ends with Dalton smacking Harris across the face.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2024
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In the 55th minute, a dangerous shot from outside the box by Kiki Pickett smacked off the top of the crossbar and out.
—oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2023
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With two outs, Noda smacked a sinker for a single into left field.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2023
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Don’t fall down and smack your head on the pavement at this news, but there’s a new Miranda Priestly in town.
—Anna Chan, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2024
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Destiny Sims smacked two home runs and drove in three runs from her leadoff spot for Sparkman.
—al, 3 Mar. 2023
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Some even managed to stab through the buildings and smack into the surrounding city.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 5 July 2023
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Teoscar Hernandez then smacked a line drive to center field to score Rodríguez and make it 1-0.
—Kristie Rieken, oregonlive, 9 July 2023
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Her true love follows, and the ensuing chase leads her to leap a hedge, fall to the ground, and smack the back of her head against an obtrusive rock.
—ELLE, 2 Apr. 2022
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There was a point in my high school career, smack dab in the middle of the 2010s—the dog days of the Indie Sleaze Era—where a certain pair of boots became all the rage.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2024
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Broth got smacked with a Stop Sale for still being too warm after being in a reach-in cooler overnight.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
- The ball hit me smack in the face.
- She dropped the book smack in the middle of the table.
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One such piece was installed smack in the middle of Owens' set.
—Nick Remsen, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
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The town of Clayton sits smack in the middle of Idaho, nestled deep in a canyon alongside the Salmon River.
—Fox News, 6 Dec. 2020
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The tracks had all the dangers of heavy industry but also ran smack through nature.
—Sebastian Junger, Outside Online, 19 May 2021
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Remember the Rangers that broke through in the late ’90s, only to run smack into a Yankees dynasty?
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2021
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The famous brothers break down plays, talk smack to each other and welcome special guests.
—Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2021
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What’s even better is that Colorado’s nine-day muzzleloader season falls smack in the middle of the elk rut.
—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2021
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Even the most promising solutions to climate change often run smack into the challenge of how to pay for them.
—Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2021
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Their fans will always live next door to each other, will always be friends every other week of the year, will always talk smack at each other.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2022
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For those not up on their Florida geography, Florida's Space Coast sits smack in the center along the state's east coast.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2021
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The trio talked smack, and their post-practice workout sessions resembled a kind of bully ball for most of the last three months, all so Harris was better equipped for the postseason grind.
—Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 23 May 2021
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This warm world, cataloged as Proxima b, sits smack in the middle of its habitable zone — the sweetest of sweet spots — where liquid surface water could exist.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 24 Aug. 2016
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That growing interest is running smack into a dearth of vehicles after rental car companies shed hundreds of thousands of their cars during the earlier days of the pandemic.
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2021
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That extensive documentation has run smack into a hard reality, however.
—Michael Biesecker and Erika Kinetz, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2022
- The ball hit me smack in the face.
- She dropped the book smack in the middle of the table.
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One such piece was installed smack in the middle of Owens' set.
—Nick Remsen, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
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The town of Clayton sits smack in the middle of Idaho, nestled deep in a canyon alongside the Salmon River.
—Fox News, 6 Dec. 2020
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The tracks had all the dangers of heavy industry but also ran smack through nature.
—Sebastian Junger, Outside Online, 19 May 2021
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Remember the Rangers that broke through in the late ’90s, only to run smack into a Yankees dynasty?
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2021
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The famous brothers break down plays, talk smack to each other and welcome special guests.
—Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2021
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What’s even better is that Colorado’s nine-day muzzleloader season falls smack in the middle of the elk rut.
—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2021
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Even the most promising solutions to climate change often run smack into the challenge of how to pay for them.
—Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2021
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Their fans will always live next door to each other, will always be friends every other week of the year, will always talk smack at each other.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2022
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For those not up on their Florida geography, Florida's Space Coast sits smack in the center along the state's east coast.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2021
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The trio talked smack, and their post-practice workout sessions resembled a kind of bully ball for most of the last three months, all so Harris was better equipped for the postseason grind.
—Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 23 May 2021
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This warm world, cataloged as Proxima b, sits smack in the middle of its habitable zone — the sweetest of sweet spots — where liquid surface water could exist.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 24 Aug. 2016
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That growing interest is running smack into a dearth of vehicles after rental car companies shed hundreds of thousands of their cars during the earlier days of the pandemic.
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2021
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That extensive documentation has run smack into a hard reality, however.
—Michael Biesecker and Erika Kinetz, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2022
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