How to Use slap on in a Sentence

slap on

verb
  • Even that is just a slap on the wrist.
    — Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
  • One of them is slapped on the field by a frustrated boy.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The filters are meant to enhance images rather than slap on zany looks.
    — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
  • Democrats widely criticized the move as a slap on the wrist.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Look for the usual nonviolent slap on the wrist.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2026
  • Ny'Leek's family calls the sentence a slap on the wrist.
    — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Now that’s not a fair label to slap on anyone, but the stakes are just higher in the Bronx.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Cerpa calmly turned the 1-year-old girl around and had her breathing again after a few slaps on her back.
    — Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Basically, slap on a pair of gloves or leave the washing to someone else if ever there is a doubt.
    — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Mammoth further cuts ties with the tent industry by slapping on a five-figure price tag.
    — New Atlas, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Over the years, Miranda has been slapped on the wrist enough times by human resources to curb her abuses.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Others slapped on bumper stickers denouncing Musk.
    — Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Cards with the names of every player on every NFL roster were slapped on that wall.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The six different designs didn't just have a soccer ball or World Cup logo slapped on them.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • Throw this quarter in the jukebox and slap on some Bob Seger, Joey Chestnut.
    — Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 18 Sep. 2025
  • These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
  • And pretty soon every email, ad and chat reply sounds like the same, generic brand in your category, but with your logo slapped on top.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Imperial slapped on a full-court press, Carlsbad turned the ball over its first four possessions and the lead began to dwindle.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Criminal penalties for violations, not ethics committee slaps on the wrist.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Like Bozo putting on his circus getup, Yuskavage’s girls clock in at the studio, slapping on their socks, their panties, their outsized nipples.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
  • An agreement reached at the gathering in South Korea resulted in deals that set back some of the most onerous tariffs the two sides had slapped on each other.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
  • There’s a fine line between growth and performance and an equally fine line between learning new behaviors and slapping on a professional veneer.
    — Bill Koch, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The convenience-store owners opposite her place had named their dog after the president, and stickers in support of him were slapped on scooters and walls everywhere.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • This seventh chapter just seems to be exploiting our affection for the Scream team’s history and thinking die-hards will simply go see anything with the name slapped on it.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
  • However, the law is more of a slap on the wrist rather than a binding ban, with only a $200 fine, and members have not been punished for any violations to date.
    — Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Instead of private jets, Fyre Fest attendees were greeted by commercial airplanes with a Fyre logo slapped on the tail.
    — Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
  • And since The Life of a Showgirl is so sparkle and glitter-heavy, why not slap on the Fazit glitter freckles Swift made viral?
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The penalties, though, have largely amounted to a slap on the wrist, rarely exceeding $500,000 — and often coming in far lower.
    — Alex Cuadros, ProPublica, 16 June 2026
  • When buying a new phone, many folks immediately put it in an OtterBox or similarly armored case and slap on a screen protector.
    — ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
  • That sounds to us like a foundation of lithium batteries, an option Oliver already offers on its Legacy models, and likely a few solar panels slapped on the roof.
    — C.c. Weiss may 10, New Atlas, 10 May 2026

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