Example Sentences

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He added that Liam was "smashing it" and that he was "proud of him", joking that his apparent return to singing form must be down to "AI".

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

In an instant, the ball was smashing against Linda’s right cheek, and she immediately slumped in her seat.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2023

Making the point early this spring, the Ogden’s staff was smashing stereotypes about the South with a jazzy one-man show by the Cuban American modernist Luis Cruz Azaceta.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

Earlier in the week, Contee said police were still trying to learn why the man was at the ambassador’s home and why he was smashing the windows.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022

Dobbs was smashing furniture with an ash stand.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller