How to Use slap down in a Sentence

slap down

verb

• Two-pound lamb chops, bathed in sweet marinade, were slapped down on the table.
  — Ben McKenzie, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023
• One of those transfer attempts has already been slapped down by a judge.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• Regardless, players will likely be building decks around these cards just to be able to slap down Optimus Prime for the win.
  — Curtis Silver, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• As an icy prairie wind slapped down on the empty town, Lisa Spitler pulled on winter gloves, grabbed a clipboard and started walking toward the cars idling outside the fire station.
  — Kyle Swenson, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2023
• Da Crazy Hawaiian and Hillbilly Hippie got to lay the slap down round after round that led to a few punch-drunk stumbles but no decision.
  — Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
• Those who do have been repeatedly slapped down by the Supreme Court in opinions that further narrowed the grounds for federal review.
  — Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
• Jim Wisman, a sophomore, walked by his senior captain and tapped him on the hip, as Buckner opened his hands to slap down on Wisman’s, keeping his hands low to let Wisman do the same.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2021
• Find me a stool along a counter where the waitstaff bustle by with greetings, slap down menus that run for pages, pour hot coffee into porcelain mugs, and serve up something delicious with a side of banter.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022
• The Fed's slap down of the crypto bank comes after the crypto banking industry has suffered extreme volatility and withdrawals in the aftermath of the shock FTX collapse.
  — Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
• The effort has been slapped down as harmful by the leading international presswire outlet that refused to distribute a press release about it.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2023
• In 2021, employees raised alarms that efforts to bypass the algorithm — and pay for longer rehab stays — were getting slapped down at higher levels of the organization.
  — Casey Ross and Bob Herman, STAT, 11 July 2023
• Ultimately, the Supreme Court slapped down a Biden-administration effort to extend the ban — which had no serious public-health basis.
  — Howard Husock, National Review, 17 July 2023
• These things continue to take place all around, but the NCAA took its stand with yet another example of wielding its governing hand to slap down all those seeking opportunity.
  — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Feb. 2021
• The effort came to nothing, and during a budget hearing Wednesday, a city solicitor mentioned the successful battle to slap down the trademark application as one of the legal team’s accomplishments for the previous year.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 31 May 2023

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024