Sentence examples for were rapped from inspiring English sources

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were rapped

noun

A sharp blow with something hard.

  • The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.

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Yesterday unscrupulous payday lenders were rapped by debt charity StepChange for bombarding vulnerable people with nuisance calls.

'BabyJabs' were rapped twice in recent years by the Advertising Standards Authority for making misleading claims to parents, while health officials are currently investigating another company offering single jabs in Swansea.

Twitter tutted, knuckles were rapped, and Evans issued a formal statement regretting his "very juvenile and offensive" behaviour while Renner, with neat emphasis, said: "I am sorry that this tasteless joke about a fictional character offended anyone".

But most passengers probably feel a lot like deForest, the passenger whose genitals were rapped in Las Vegas: upset, but ultimately powerless to stop it from happening.

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I lived the life they were rapping about".

It was rapped in by Michael Peca.

Another payday lender has been rapped for misleading advertising today.

The majority of the interlude is rapped by Rihanna.

Suddenly she's rapping.

These days, he'd be rapping.

It's not singing, it's rapping.

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