How to Use slap with in a Sentence

slap with

phrasal verb

• You can be slapped with a $270 fine for walking around in your swimwear outside of the beach.
  — Ronny Maye, Essence, 16 Oct. 2023
• Anyone caught smoking in a smoke-free area can be slapped with a fine of up to $50.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2023
• In just the first week of April, the county was slapped with at least three new lawsuits by people who say they were abused as teens.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
• Saga’s jockey rode him to a fifth-place finish, and was slapped with a ban after for careless riding.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 24 June 2023
• In early August, he was slapped with charges for his actions to try to overturn the 2020 election results.
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 24 Aug. 2023
• On Tuesday, the jockey astride the couple’s horse Saga was slapped with a nine-day ban for careless riding in the Wolferton Stakes, where the duo finished fifth.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
• Along with the criminal complaint, he also was slapped with a lawsuit from Pagar in 2021.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
• For existing users, dealing with all these problems and then being slapped with a price increase has got to sting.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2023
• Violators could get slapped with a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $4,000 fine.
  — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 29 May 2023
• One downer, though, it got slapped with a C- CinemaScore.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
• Then the tables turned, and Ms. Oh was the one slapped with an accusation of serious misconduct.
  — Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• Trump trials: Donald Trump was slapped with a partial gag order in the New York hush money case that bars him from talking about witnesses and court staffers in the case.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
• Even the most disturbing and explicit horror films, or the most gruesome action films, are never slapped with an NC-17.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2023
• He was slapped with dozens of charges, arrested and sentenced to prison in three different cases, sending shockwaves through the country.
  — Sophia Saifi, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
• But the week after her election as the new party chair, the state GOP was slapped with another six-figure bill, yet another debt the party is disputing.
  — Samantha J. Gross, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
• One bummer: It got slapped with a C CinemaScore from audiences.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Aug. 2023
• Which social media giant was slapped with a record $1.3 billion fine over data privacy?
  — CNN, 25 May 2023
• Since both countries have been slapped with stringent Western sanctions as a result of the war in Ukraine, their economic alliance has been reinforced as trade between the pair has increased.
  — Bychloe Taylor, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
• Prominent opposition politicians, human-rights activists and journalists have been jailed for lengthy terms, slapped with big fines or forced to flee the country.
  — Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2023
• Earlier this week, they were also slapped with federal narcotics conspiracy charges, which carry a sentence of 20 years to life in prison.
  — Alice Gainer, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
• In 2021 a woman was slapped with federal charges related to approaching and filming a grizzly bear at an unsafe distance.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 24 May 2023
• Foxman’s tweet, however, was slapped with a Community Note for taking Glazer’s quote out of context.
  — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024
• Real estate agents have been slapped with a court ruling that their commission practices violate antitrust laws.
  — Bill Conerly, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The award ceremony took place only hours after Lizzo was slapped with a lawsuit from a former wardrobe designer for her tour earlier this year.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2023
• His legal issues spilled over to Erika, who was named in a fraud case and slapped with multiple civil suits for allegedly participating in the mistreatment of said funds.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
• In addition to the two lawsuits brought by Dominion and Smartmatic, Fox News has also been slapped with a cascade of defamation lawsuits from others taking action against the network.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023
• The ostensible reason for the Dutch plan is to facilitate further expansion, although the tax haven image that the Netherlands is sometimes slapped with has made some shareholders wary.
  — Benjamin Stupples, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• In the months since, hundreds in Punjab have been arrested — including some in Lahore’s elite whose families have close ties to the military — and slapped with charges of terrorism and inciting violence.
  — Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• Throughout October, Trump has been slapped with multiple gag orders for threatening and insulting court staff and witnesses in his various legal cases—though that hasn’t been enough to stop him.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2023
• Eventually, the company that produced Geritol was slapped with a cease-and-desist order and fined for deceptive claims about Geritol’s benefits.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024