How to Use smack in a Sentence

smack

1 of 3 noun
  • The smack on the head with the racket.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • And that means less smack-down nonsense.
    — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Kyle Bradish skipped over the first base line and gave his glove a hard smack.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Some of the struts give easily, with just the smack of a hand.
    — Anthony Haden-Guest, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Prior to the matchup, the two teams have been talking some smack.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The post-whistle stuff happened all game, as did the big smacks.
    — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
  • This one comes smack dab right in the middle of the season at an ideal time for some rest.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
  • Shout out to all the Bills Mafia that was talking all the (smack) in the world.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Even without the smack, the broadcast would have been a disaster.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Hurts was getting the offense set to kneel out the clock when Jones was heard talking smack.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Even cooler, there’s a stretch of sand smack dab in the middle of one of the lakes that’s complete with a fire pit.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2023
  • And their players relish talking smack.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Stephens suddenly found that his acreage was smack dab in the best place in the world to apply these new techniques.
    — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • So what’s this relic of a detective doing smack in the middle of it?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 May 2026
  • Below deck is a cabin complete with beds, lights, and a toilet smack dab in the middle.
    — WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The Port, as locals call it, is just over nine square miles, with the post office smack in the middle.
    — Kate Storey, Town & Country, 13 June 2023
  • Plus, its location smack in the middle of the city makes sightseeing a breeze.
    — Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Every so often, a thunderous smack echoed from the grass in front of them, louder than the rest.
    — oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Sometimes, those gates can snap back and deliver a parting gift – a smack on the backside.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Leading up to this third bout, Wilder and Fury have been whipping up some colossal smack.
    — Anthony Stitt, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
  • His best pop of the night was an open-ice smack on Anton Lundell in the third that set off some sparks.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Well, that was an offseason, even with the 99-day lockout smack in the middle.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2022
  • After burying a triple midway through the fourth, Spencer turned to the Cavs crowd and talked smack.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The crowd collectively gasps as the camera hits the stage with an audible smack.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The number also featured a gigantic gray rosette right smack dab in the middle.
    — Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
  • A little harsh, maybe, but Georgia earned the right to talk any smack after a 65-7 blowout.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 17 May 2023
  • For a party long identified with championing causes of the future, the shift was a smack in the face.
    — Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The result was a serious burn concentrated right smack in my shoulders—with nary a twinge in my traps.
    — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 8 Oct. 2020
  • At first, Jenkins was indignant, even dishing back some smack to the thugs who were standing in front of her car.
    — Jon Tevlin, Star Tribune, 1 July 2021
  • This is a step up, some designers say, from traditional fans with a basic globe light tacked on smack in the middle.
    — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 21 July 2022

smack

2 of 3 verb
  • The shot smacked off the front of the rim.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • There's one man smack in the middle of it all.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • Krogstad smacked two doubles and drove in three runs.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
  • So, each got smacked with a Stop Sale.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • That one sits, like, smack in the middle of the park.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Later, the man appears to smack the boy on the face.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Jaquan flew off and smacked headfirst into a wall.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Lutkenhaus smacked Moser’s hand, and then gave him a hug.
    — Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Lee came in, smacked her cell phone out of the woman’s hand and punched her in her chest.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • But, every once in a while, I’ll get smacked in the face by one.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The raw tuna got smacked with a Stop Sale.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Andreeva, still very much in the match, smacked a ball away in anger.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Then, the orcas will smack their tails on the edge of the school of fish and eat any stunned fish.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Williams jumped on the back of another who was about to smack Blue.
    — Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The man smacked him in the back of the head and, in Spanish, told him not to lie.
    — The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The man smacked him in the back of the head and, in Spanish, told him not to lie.
    — Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Squad' rep's felon husband smacks phone from reporter 3.
    — FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Okoronkwo popped up and smacked Hudson in the head, and dashed away.
    — cleveland, 30 July 2023
  • At one point, the president appeared to smack the lectern in anger.
    — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
  • We’re getting smacked around by teams by 30, 40 points.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Smith made a beeline for the stage, smacked Rock and returned to his seat.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Sure, they got smacked by Ohio State, but who didn't last winter?
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Malika was now smacking the rug in rhythm.
    — Joan Silber, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
  • And, odds are, most, if not all, will stand up out of their chairs and smack their palms together.
    — Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • My long-term goals are more important than smacking.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Then reality smacks you in the face.
    — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Jeremy Peña then smacked a single to left to send Abreu home.
    — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 15 May 2023
  • But the Day-Glo hues all caress and smack and seduce the eye.
    — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The jolliest time of year is also smack dab in the middle of cold and flu season.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 14 Dec. 2023
  • With two outs, Noda smacked a sinker for a single into left field.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2023

smack

3 of 3 adverb
  • The ball hit me smack in the face.
  • She dropped the book smack in the middle of the table.
  • Rodgers held up his hand to his ear, taunting the fans who were talking smack to him.
    — Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • One such piece was installed smack in the middle of Owens' set.
    — Nick Remsen, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Correa talked smack, ate, talked more smack and then headed to the batting cages to warm up.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
  • These gas giants, some of them sit smack in the middle of this warm temperate zone.
    — Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
  • That’s why that very tremendous episode ended up smack in the middle of the season.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 24 June 2024
  • The debut came smack in the middle of the actors’ and writers’ strikes.
    — Rebecca Angelo, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • What about a date change so that the festival doesn’t fall smack in the middle of the high tourist season?
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 19 July 2024
  • The tracks had all the dangers of heavy industry but also ran smack through nature.
    — Sebastian Junger, Outside Online, 19 May 2021
  • The famous brothers break down plays, talk smack to each other and welcome special guests.
    — Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Even the most promising solutions to climate change often run smack into the challenge of how to pay for them.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2021
  • LaVine didn’t care if Williams missed a shot or ran smack into a defender or dribbled the ball off his foot.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
  • But the concerns about environmental fallout ran smack into a wall of decades-old law.
    — Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Yet those preferences are running smack into a push by employers to get people back in the office.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • What’s even better is that Colorado’s nine-day muzzleloader season falls smack in the middle of the elk rut.
    — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Rethymnon sits smack in the middle of tourist hubs Heraklion and Chania.
    — Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Their fans will always live next door to each other, will always be friends every other week of the year, will always talk smack at each other.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 June 2022
  • Remember the Rangers that broke through in the late ’90s, only to run smack into a Yankees dynasty?
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The town of Clayton sits smack in the middle of Idaho, nestled deep in a canyon alongside the Salmon River.
    — Fox News, 6 Dec. 2020
  • But on that day in Tokyo, as skating made its Olympic debut beneath a fiery sun, Huston ran smack into one of the undeniable truths of his sport.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
  • The trio talked smack, and their post-practice workout sessions resembled a kind of bully ball for most of the last three months, all so Harris was better equipped for the postseason grind.
    — Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 23 May 2021
  • This warm world, cataloged as Proxima b, sits smack in the middle of its habitable zone — the sweetest of sweet spots — where liquid surface water could exist.
    — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 24 Aug. 2016
  • The sharks’ diets fell smack between a pure herbivore and a pure carnivore, the researchers report, meaning whale sharks are actually omnivores.
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2019
  • For those not up on their Florida geography, Florida's Space Coast sits smack in the center along the state's east coast.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2021
  • Then came the extracurricular activities that could have been easily predicted since both coaching staffs were talking smack before the game in front of players.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • That growing interest is running smack into a dearth of vehicles after rental car companies shed hundreds of thousands of their cars during the earlier days of the pandemic.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2021
  • But those who did have kids in the years leading up to 2020 ran smack into the COVID-19 pandemic.
    — Aarushi Bhandari, The Conversation, 19 June 2026
  • The likeliest explanation is that supermassive black holes attain their size when two smaller black holes smack into one another during a galactic collision.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2026
  • That extensive documentation has run smack into a hard reality, however.
    — Michael Biesecker and Erika Kinetz, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2022

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