Sentence examples for took a smack from inspiring English sources

Dan Lydiate's injury problems – the blind-side flanker took a smack in the eye socket during last week's highly physical encounter with Fiji – clarified Gatland's thinking to a degree, but he was tempted to use Tipuric in this game from the outset.

You take a smack at the thing you scorn, and then you take another smack at it, and then what do you do?

He does not exist!" This takes a smack at Christ on two counts: his physical conception outside wedlock and the fact that, as the purported son of God, he arguably makes sense only as a conception.

Sotirios Kyrgiakos could not be faulted on that score, having forced a fine save from Jaromir Blazek after beating three opponents to a Meireles corner and taking a smack to the mouth for his troubles.

And talking about his character, he said he had no qualms with the fact that Bond, as a "military man" was a bit of a "bastard", but was pleased that his relationship with M meant that he was capable of taking a "smack on the wrist" from a woman, and could not therefore "be that misogynistic".

Collingwood, by contrast, took a lip-smacking catch at backward point, diving sharply to his left to hold on to a full-blooded cut from AB De Villiers.

No new-economy sector has taken a worse smack on the chin than Internet retailers.

Lancaster awarded him the captaincy for this runaround in the sunshine and when Dowson was carried off midway through the final quarter after taking a fearful smack on the head in the build-up to the seventh of his side's eight tries, there was understandable concern.

Arsenal have taken a real smack in the face".

Cherie took a large stick and smacked the bull on his head.

Rapinoe described her last minute cross against Brazil: "I just took a touch and friggin' smacked it with my left foot.