Sentence examples for smack from inspiring English sources

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smack

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A distinct flavor.

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"One time," he said, "I heard a father in a meeting with married couples say 'I sometimes have to smack my children a bit, but never in the face so as not to humiliate them'".

Blurred Lines has been widely criticised for appearing to glorify rape and violent sex, with lyrics including "I know you want it", "I'll give you something big enough to tear your ass in two", and "Nothing like your last guy, he too square for you/ He don't smack that ass and pull your hair like that".

If we go looking for connection, we'll run smack into all the things we like to avoid: discomfort, rejection, sheer social awkwardness.

"So the idea of having a soccer press conference smack in the middle of Manhattan at one of the poshest places that you can find in those days was what I did deliberately to get more attention than if I went to some ordinary club".

You can smack the kids, the pontiff advises, but only if their dignity is maintained in the process.

The flipside to this burger is that the level of noise is likely to be a one-off and any future revivals will smack of a rehash of a reboot, which is possibly one step too post-mod for the old golden arches.

It's smack bang middle of Brookvale, nestled between the red-brick rooftops of the 'burbs and the semi-industrial bad-lands of mechanics and steel-fitters, and more brothels than an Abbott-voting electorate probably realises are there.

73 min: According to ITV's man on the touchline, Ned Boulting, Gareth Bale has been complaining to the Spurs bench, rubbing his temples and telling them that he's suffering from a headache on the back of that smack he took earlier.

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