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How to use slapping in a sentence

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The sound of feet slapping against the pavement echoed around me, ringing in my ears.
The less gentlemanly ones settled for leering at the so-called future duchess and congratulating Rafe by slapping him on the back.
The sound of fins slapping against the water can be just as terrifying as low-pitched violin notes.
Vix hurried behind him, wincing at the sound of their boots slapping against the hard metallic floor, and hoped that she could keep up with him.
A few days later, William was snapped to attention by the sound of a magazine slapping on the coffee table in front of him.
Why is it you've survived 25 years on this earth without the world slapping you down?
Amanda's mother gasped, slapping her hand to her mouth, and quickly knelt down beside her.
Hello, I've tried to understand what you're doing by slapping some example activities and technologies on a copy of your diagram.
The Corporation is, in fact, contemplating of slapping fines on those who refuse to take up the rainwater harvesting.
The parking wardens have no problem and are very quick at slapping fines on people who park illegally around Portlaoise.
She began digging through her cracked plastic coin purse, slapping quarters and dimes on the counter.
Earlier this year Ottawa unveiled a draft law that proposed slapping fines on those possessing small amounts of the drug.
But they give you a kick in the shins and then tell you that they're slapping you on the back.
He stood above a toiling, heaving sea of greenish-black, briny waves slapping a shore far distant.
I simply will not tolerate this injustice on their behalf, yet do you see queues of harpies slapping me on the back and congratulating me?
But I recognized bodies around me, slapping me on the back and congratulating me as I made my way back to my seat at the back of the room.
The slapping of shrouds against a mast where a cutter lay moored in the inner bay.
The lower ranking officer retaliates by slapping the foot solider next to him.
We also witnessed humpback whales blowing and diving, breaching and slapping their fins and flukes.
The beaver uses its flat tail to warn other beavers of danger by slapping the water surface before diving.
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Examples from Classical Literature
He carried a twig which he used as a riding crop, slapping his boots as he walked.
Leroy, making an end of slapping on and cinching the last saddle, wheeled suddenly on the Irishman.
A belated March blizzard was slapping at the panes and cuffing the house-corners.
Then he rose and, slapping his soggy hat on his head, walked out of the place.
But he set to work slapping the fringe of the noisome mop back and forth to sop up what he could.
I hear the massagist slapping a lazy fellow who is being rubbed with ointment.
Could you hear any slapping of a paddle wheel, or other noises that sound like a steamer?
And she laughed and laughed, slapping her fat knee with a pudgy, ring-laden hand.
Remove the cloths and iron as before, slapping with the back of the brush, then brushing the nap to refreshen the cloth.
Anon, slapping his sides with his arms, he would burst forth in peals of laughter, that made the old woods ring as they passed.
How can you be such a silly thing,' replied Dora, slapping my hand, 'as to sit there, telling such stories?
I inquired, as he kept puffing and slapping on with unwearied constancy.
After a sun-starved Brit summer, it's hard to resist flying off to the Costa Del Sunstroke, slapping a Union Jack towel on the sunbed and letting yourself fry for a fortnight.
The rhythmic body slapping, stamps, and finger-snapping of Samoan tradition distinguished Minoi, as did the men's black-feathered armbands and elegant sarongs.
Instead, we will be slapping on this St Tropez Instant Tan Wash Off Lotion, PS10, which has 'rainmac technology' to guarantee it won't wash away in the drizzle.
As the hole was narrow and dark, the cow held back, and the old woman was slapping and pushing at her hind quarters, trying to spank her into the drawside.
Another would be jocular in tone, slapping you on the back, so to speak.
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