Sentence examples for slap by from inspiring English sources

For the United States, the vote was a slap by a close ally that has prompted soul searching about Turkey.

Was on the receiving end of a petulant slap by Didier Drogba that earned the Chelsea striker a red card.

But Republicans and Democrats said that given the political climate and the slap by the ethics committee, he was unlikely to be able to reclaim his leadership post.

Sapp saw that disagreement as another slap by Johnson against the city of Tampa and an indication of his lack of commitment to the Bucs.

"The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet," by David Mitchell, and "The Slap," by the Australian novelist Christos Tsiolkas, both made the 13-book long list but did not make the cut.

Though they burst into the workforce with expectations of fun and fulfilment (leading employers to grouse about their sense of entitlement), they have been delivered a slap by the recession.

Ferraro scored after Florida goalie Roberto Luongo blocked a slap shot by Atlanta's Frantisek Kaberle.

May has returned the back-slap by posting their new video on his website.

Drinking it is like being slapped by an ex-lover.

Most likely to: Get slapped by a Wombat.

"One of our kids told an aide that he was slapped by a teacher," he said.