slap

Example Sentences

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“If it had been six months earlier, they would have given us a slap on the hand,” he said.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

But what strikes a viewer immediately—and it’s a welcome slap in the head—is that two actors worthy of their own movies are being given the chance to show what they’re all about.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

One of the victims, now 16, she said she and her family wanted the sentences to be changed, and the boys sent to jail, saying the sentences amounted to a "slap on the wrist".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

We want to give people like a summer EP, something they can slap during the summer when they’re partying.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

I stop on the blacktop to check in the garbage—I cannot skip any sources of can money—and hear these feet slap, slap over to me.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz