Sentence examples for slam like from inspiring English sources

He had hit a ninth-inning grand slam, like so many ballplayers of so many dimensions have imagined.

An endearing bolt from the blue takes over a Slam like Gustavo Kuerten took over the 1997 French Open, and it would not be a bolt from the blue if I suggested any names.

Its atmosphere is deepened by the roiling score played by the Australian band Not Drowning, Waving, which can waft as delicately as a breeze and then slam like a thunderclap.

In the past this is the sort of age you would have expected players to break through at a Grand Slam like I did in 1987, but these days it tends to be a little bit later.

It is still possible to see the doors slam like they were made of rubber.

Those sacred edits that pound, those gooey dubs that drunkenly swagger, those crisp burnt bangers that slam like flat palms of sun-cream on pink, freckled backs.

A moment later, Arty's door slammed like a shot.

Teams are winning grand slams like they are going out of fashion.

And then, there's other films that get slammed like Smokin' Aces, which I had a small part in.

At Grand Slams like Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, top players may pay to take along a coach, a trainer, a practice partner and an assistant.

Besides the regular shows, which are now on a summer break, there are story slams, modeled loosely on poetry slams like the ones organized by Bob Holman at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the East Village.