SLAP in a Sentence

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For SLAP, below is one of 79 sentences:
Frank Kennedy was hurrying to the carriage to assist Suellen, and Suellen was bridling in a way that made Scarlett want to slap her.

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 Meanings and Examples of SLAP
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
slap
 n.  sharp blow from a flat object as an open hand; smack; sharp insult
Classic Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1  Frank Kennedy was hurrying to the carriage to assist Suellen, and Suellen was bridling in a way that made Scarlett want to slap her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  "You just mention Mother's name once more, Suellen O'Hara, and I'll slap you flat," cried Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
3  She was seeing only one side--how this slap in the Yankees' faces might affect her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
4  The stout refusal had been like a slap in the face of the furious North and retaliation had come swiftly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
5  "You'd never wake up unless she screamed and then you'd probably slap her," he said shortly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
6  He only laughed and would not permit Scarlett even to slap the little girl's hand by way of reprimand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
7  She stared at his red impassive face, and her fingers had the undignified desire to slap him, but her reason agreed with him.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  'If he slap you, we ain't got no pig for pay the fine,' she said insinuatingly.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
9  As he came up the stairs in the dark, he heard scuffling on the back porch, and then the sound of a vigorous slap.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: X
10  I wanted to get up and slap him on the back.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
11  But I thought she was rather so, when she tossed up his two half-crowns like a goblin pieman, caught them, dropped them in her pocket, and gave it a loud slap.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
12  Coming out of the library it was painful, but pleasant, to run slap into Mrs. Manresa and an unknown young man with tow-coloured hair and a twisted face.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
13  I have established a right of way through the centre of old Middleton's park, slap across it, sir, within a hundred yards of his own front door.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
14  But set your minds at rest, gentlemen, I have not received a slap in the face, though it is absolutely a matter of indifference to me what you may think about it.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: III
15  And so it is settled; I am flying to give him a slap in the face.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: V
Example Sentence:
1  There was a resounding slap as Andrew struck him violently across the face.
2  He gave his brother a hearty slap on the back to congratulate him.
3  His decision was a slap in the face to those who had tried to change his mind.
4  If someone slaps another, the recipient is often motivated to respond with greater force.
5  She slapped him hard across the face.
6  She recoiled from his touch as if she had been slapped.
7  She tried to object, but the director slapped her down.
8  The doctor slapped the hysterical child to make him calmer.
9  She tried to object, but the chairman slapped her down.
10  They slapped the workers who had gone on strike.
11  He groaned and slapped his forehead, as if suddenly remembering something obvious.
12  The government has slapped more tax on cigarettes.
13  The swimmers said the dolphins were extremely agitated and repeatedly slapped the water with their tails, presumably to try to deter the predator as it cruised nearby.
14  Jack can carry candor too far: when he told Jill his honest opinion of her, she nearly slapped his face.
15  It was a strange spectacle to see the two former enemies shaking hands and slapping each other on the back.