How to Use smite in a Sentence

smite

verb
  • He smote the ball mightily.
  • He vowed that he would smite his enemy.
  • Misfortune smote him and all his family.
  • Want to go even further when smiting accounts from your feed?
    — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 16 July 2023
  • What the heck did Denver faithful do to make the sports gods smite them so?
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
  • Now they’re guaranteed one this year, even if the lottery gods smite them twice.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Nic is smitten, and seemed to be since day 1, that blindfold challenge!
    — Julia Moore, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • Now, your little ones can be equally smitten by the friendly ghost.
    — Christin Perry, Parents, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Sue, a former dancer who sang in choruses, was smitten at first sight.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 25 Jan. 2024
  • He was amused by her reaction to the spicy curry but was already smitten.
    — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Arrow was smitten by the mother of five's warm demeanor and flaming red hair.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2025
  • The flip side occurs when an area with good yields when bad weather smites the crop nationally.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
  • And to Arie's credit, the women left this season seem to be smitten with him.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 20 Feb. 2018
  • At the time, the royal couple were not yet engaged — but the princess was already smitten.
    — Flora Carr, Time, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The driver was smitten, returning to the booth that day to offer his phone number.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
  • That was done not to smite nonprofits, but to reduce the burden of tax preparation.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • During the finale, the two still appeared to be smitten with each other, even sharing a kiss.
    — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 6 Dec. 2023
  • On the beach below, a spider monkey rested his chin in his hands, as though smitten with the scenery himself.
    — Davy Rothbart, GQ, 18 July 2017
  • But now that the Ramblers are two wins from the championship, anyone who stands in their way might be smote with lightning.
    — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2018
  • At five-foot-eleven with no heels, Lara viewed the six-foot-five Eric as an acceptable suitor, and the two were smitten.
    — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 12 July 2024
  • At some point, the glass negative cracked, and a thin black lightning strike of a line smote General Terry in the chest.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Fans were especially smitten with the picture of her and the Masters of the Air actor.
    — Marina Watts, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Those who dare to enter the parade will understand the thrill of it when John Brown returns from the dead to smite slavers and lynchers.
    — Kevin Young, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The Alaïa style stole the show, worn by celebs such as Jennifer Lawrence on the street, and both customers and editors were smitten.
    — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2023
  • But Paisley has been smitten for far longer, first noticing his future wife in the 1991 film Father of the Bride.
    — Sophie Dodd, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • But Paisley has been smitten for far longer, first noticing his future wife in the 1991 film Father of the Bride.
    — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Wearing his World Gym t-shirt, suspenders, a yellow plastic helmet and touting a big stogie, Arnold doth smite his foes about the head and topple them and saveth the world from the Justice Department and network executives.
    — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
  • In Steel Nomad Light, the new Adreno GPU certainly smites the implementation of the old Adreno in the two Snapdragon X Elite systems here, delivering a bit more than double the score.
    — Wendy Sheehan Donnell, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025

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