smite
verb (used with object)
to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon.
have smitten
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present perfectof smite.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Nothing else could have smitten, stung me, like that.
From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John
If the gods have smitten him in their wisdom, let him go free as our laws direct.
From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry
These dismal events have smitten, but not shaken.'
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John
The sun may have smitten her, or the storm driven her against a rock.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John
"And the man of God was wroth with him and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it."
From The Warfare of the Soul Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation by Hughson, Shirley C.
