How to Use slap down in a Sentence

slap down

verb
  • Time and time again, courts have slapped down these strong-arm tactics that lack the force of law.
    — Bob Morgan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Two-pound lamb chops, bathed in sweet marinade, were slapped down on the table.
    — Ben McKenzie, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023
  • One of those transfer attempts has already been slapped down by a judge.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Then this week, Steele slapped down a bid to stay his preliminary injunction.
    — Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
  • Right away, he got slapped down by the Revolutionary Guard.
    — NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Lonely drug lord complains about US prison conditions as judge slaps down request.
    — Fox News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • And then you'd be slapped down, immediately and politely, as is Hamm's way.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
  • But his vague inferences have been easily slapped down with clear details about prices not being met and no promises being made.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Kalshi won a key case last week when a federal appeals court slapped down an attempt by New Jersey to curb the platform.
    — Justin Papp,garrett Downs, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Recent examples of people acting out of this same humble presumption—and being slapped down for it—are abundant.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Regardless, players will likely be building decks around these cards just to be able to slap down Optimus Prime for the win.
    — Curtis Silver, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Here's a list of vaccine myths and facts that slaps down the persistent lies floating around social media and conspiracy websites.
    — Matt Jancer, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2022
  • And that’s the big ol’ marker general manager Adam Peters has slapped down on the table, a year-plus into his stint here.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Those who do have been repeatedly slapped down by the Supreme Court in opinions that further narrowed the grounds for federal review.
    — Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The effort has been slapped down as harmful by the leading international presswire outlet that refused to distribute a press release about it.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Both were affected by Murray showing physical resistance and slapping down at the ball as Brown went into his shot.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2025
  • That was, of course, not the high court’s decision, and in fact the court slapped down Arizona’s attempt to preempt federal powers on immigration.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • As an icy prairie wind slapped down on the empty town, Lisa Spitler pulled on winter gloves, grabbed a clipboard and started walking toward the cars idling outside the fire station.
    — Kyle Swenson, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • That number was tallied after a federal judge in Massachusetts slapped down a lawsuit brought by unions challenging the program.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Today the Supreme Court slapped down the move made by a federal appeals court last year to overturn Hernandez's conviction.
    — Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
  • Da Crazy Hawaiian and Hillbilly Hippie got to lay the slap down round after round that led to a few punch-drunk stumbles but no decision.
    — Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The majority also slapped down his global tariffs, finding that only Congress had the authority to impose them.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • This is a court so conservative that it has been repeatedly slapped down by the Supreme Court, including in three out of 10 appeals from its rulings this term.
    — Ruth Marcus, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • But as technology became more sophisticated, Google started slapping down these article farms in search results.
    — Allbusiness, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • In February, three of them—including, much to Trump’s fury, two of his own appointees—joined with the liberals to slap down his assertion of emergency power to impose tariffs.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 26 June 2026
  • In 2021, employees raised alarms that efforts to bypass the algorithm — and pay for longer rehab stays — were getting slapped down at higher levels of the organization.
    — Elaine Chen Reprints, STAT, 7 May 2024
  • In 2021, employees raised alarms that efforts to bypass the algorithm — and pay for longer rehab stays — were getting slapped down at higher levels of the organization.
    — Casey Ross and Bob Herman, STAT, 11 July 2023
  • Jim Wisman, a sophomore, walked by his senior captain and tapped him on the hip, as Buckner opened his hands to slap down on Wisman’s, keeping his hands low to let Wisman do the same.
    — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Ultimately, the Supreme Court slapped down a Biden-administration effort to extend the ban — which had no serious public-health basis.
    — Howard Husock, National Review, 17 July 2023
  • Nationally, Americans are increasingly pulling money from home equity lines of credit, slapping down credit cards or turning to buy now, pay later services.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025

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