Sentence examples for slap from inspiring English sources

Shad made his overture: "I'm gay, and when Prop. 8 passed, last year, it was a huge slap in the face for me.

At first, he offered it to Harper & Brothers (who "rejected it with a sharp slap"), and then to Doubleday, Page.

— In the sometimes bland Nascar garage, at least one driver has dared to criticize the powerful, call out the untouchable, slap down the unbearable and catch the seemingly uncatchable.

There was even a brief slap on the wrist for ardent atheists, with Peter Capaldi's Doctor chiding someone for claiming Santa doesn't exist.

"When a client came, if you didn't want to go with him they would slap you and whip the soles of your feet," Pamela says, her voice trembling.

Last week he announced an amendment to his austerity budget that will slap a 90% tax on bankers' bonuses in the future.

Osborne was the most cheerful, though even when he is caked in slap he still looks disturbingly spectral.

During the game of blind-man's buff, when the Prince's tutor Gallison grabs a lady-in-waiting with inadvertent lewdness, Ratmansky gives precise notes about how the woman needs to deliver her admonitory slap – "it must hurt a little bit, but do it with love".

She's had a slap and she knows it.

Ebookers (ebookers.com) has a three-night break at the five-star Vienna Hilton from £318pp, including breakfast and flights from Heathrow 6. LUDLOW One of the best things about Valentine's Day is that it's a good excuse for a glass or three and a slap-up supper after a parsimonious January.

So instead of lauding those who put up with the limitations of Standard English, let's back-slap those who have broken free of this collective inertia and found their own solution.