Sentence examples for whacked against from inspiring English sources

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(Jerry Clower, a Mississippi comedian, called them "whop biscuits," a derisive reference to the sound made when a can is whacked against the edge of a kitchen counter).

Zvyagintsev is no sentimentalist, and the journey he describes is a voyage less of discovery than of bafflement, shot through with every strain of desperation — a car sucked into the mud, say, with Andrey howling at his dad for landing them in this mess and getting whacked against the side of the car.

A rangefinder to be precise, but it needs to be touched and clicked and whacked against things on accident.

No real Finnish sauna is complete without vihta, the bunch of fresh birch twigs that are whacked against the skin to release their sap.

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And the sea is so blue and clear as it whacks against the cliffs - it's wonderfully spectacular".

Maybe it's his mournful mien, but Ted Cruz looks whacked leaning against a pillar to the side of a kindergarten meal room in the small town of Hubbard, Iowa, smiling only on cue as his wife, Heidi, warms up the small crowd of mostly middle-aged voters sitting scrunched on kiddy-sized chairs.

Petrova converted the break point after a lengthy rally; Radwanska, normally composed, angrily whacked her racket against the court after Petrova's backhand winner skidded past her.

He whacked his 22nd against the Boston Red Sox at Safeco Field, which is three more home runs than he hit all of last season as a member of the New York Yankees.

Kim Clijsters whacked her racket against her thigh as if trying to prod her legs back to life, and she mumbled positive lines to herself that seemed tugged out of a fortune cookie.

Holding it closed, vent your annoyance at still being awake by whacking it against the counter until the biscuits are lightly smashed.

We watched as the two younger men, who were sweating heavily, took their turns catching the ball — a hard thing the size of a baseball — and then whacking it against the pockmarked brick wall at the far end of the court.

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