| Together they stood athwart any measure that smacked of political centralization. |
| In the hands of a lesser writer, such a scenario might have smacked drearily of one of those worthy social docu-dramas. |
| A mere decade ago, at the height of his titanic drug addiction, Earle would all too often be hopped up and smacked out in a Nashville crackhouse. |
| Worse still, it smacked of the little boy who refuses to let go of one ball even when he has another tucked under his arm. |
| The recoil brought the barrel upwards and it smacked into her face, leaving a livid bruise. |
| Every freezer case and reefer unit looked like someone had smacked a cart into the chrome, hard. |
