Example Sentences

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He transparently believes he’d have gotten along smashingly with Hitler and Stalin, and it’s a shame he wasn’t around to help defuse World War II and the Cold War.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

The Classic is a newer race but a great race, and he won that so smashingly.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2018

And good palo cortado, along the lines of the F. de Castilla Antique or Valdespino Calle Ponce, is smashingly good with a silky, slightly smoky soup made with roasted delicata squash, apples and cream.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2017

He’s fully aware that fellow NFL owners have done smashingly well over the last 10 years and he’s anxious for his turn at the trough.

From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2016

No one should mind if, by spending only a few hours a week thinking about DNA, he helped me solve a smashingly important problem.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson