Example Sentences

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In the desperation of fear she had smote him with all her force.

From The Sky Line of Spruce by Marshall, Edison

I am certain I enjoyed that salvation that if they had smote me on one cheek, I could have turned to them the other also.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis

And verily the sour Frenchman looked as if I had smote him on the hip.

From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Suddenly it stopped, with ears pricked, as if some sound had smote them.

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison

He looked as if the words had smote him dumb.

From Daisy Burns (Volume 1) by Kavanagh, Julia