Example Sentences

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Drawn by red nighttime lights intended to warn aircraft, migrating birds were slamming into communications towers, crashing into their support wires or tumbling to the ground in exhaustion after circling the lights for hours.

From Salon • May 3, 2023

In a midmorning report, anchor Bill Hemmer said Democrats were slamming “what they call racist comments.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2019

Yet just over a century ago, they were slamming through the houses lining the harbor as a powerful storm unleashed flooding that devastated this picturesque fishing village.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2017

His rivals were slamming him on the airwaves.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2014

I thought briefly of sleeping again until daylight but the dogs were slamming into the harnesses, screaming to run, so I shrugged and jumped on the rig and untied it.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen