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How to use smite in a sentence

18 example sentences · verb, noun

Smite means to hit; to strike. Example: “Bob was smitten with Laura from the first time he saw her.”

Examples of smite by meaning

verbTo hit; to strike.

  • He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01
  • The branch was carried down by a river, and we are going to find that river." I smote my open palm with a clenched fist, to emphasize a determination unsupported by hope.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 4, in The Land That Time Forgot, Chicago, Ill.: A. C. McClurg & Co., published 1924, →OCLC

verbTo strike with love or infatuation.

  • Bob was smitten with Laura from the first time he saw her.
  • I was really smitten by the color combination, and soon repainted the entire house.
  • Maybe he was smitten with Clare.2014, Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Denise Hunter, Diann Hunt, The Smitten Collection: Smitten, Secretly Smitten, and Smitten Book...

nounA heavy strike with a weapon, tool, or the hand.

  • Beale, who had not been driving very well, took a smite at his ball and sent it curving far away to the left into a mess of gorse of bramble bushes.2007, Rupert Penny, Policeman's Holiday, Ramble House, →ISBN, page 82
  • As soon as the second scout fell dead, Catullus slammed the Alliance warrior with holy fire, followed quickly by a mind blast and a smite.2010, William Sims Bainbridge, The Warcraft Civilization: Social Science in a Virtual World, MIT Press, page 135
  • Your invasion is a smite to Balor, and you will all pay a dear price.’2013, Casey Hill, Hidden, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 299

More sentences with smite

  • "God has use for Satan, or He would have smote him centuries ago.2008 February 5, Loren D. Estleman, Port Hazard: A Page Murdock Novel, →ISBN, page 261. From the entry smote
  • So that's the story- God did not smote us for that story.2006 January 4, Penn Jillette, Michael Goudeau, 19:01 from the start, in Penn Radio, number 2. From the entry smote
  • It allowed the creature to smite Pikmin with zaps of lightning!'2004, Nintendo EAD, Pikmin 2, Nintendo (Treasure Hoard: Shock Therapist). From the entry shocker
  • And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek, and all was laid to burnination.2003 February 10, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Strong Bad Email #62: interview”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Strong Bad (Matthew…. From the entry burnination
  • Beyond her, it smote upon and incarnadined the shining, white, grassless faces of the sand-dunes.1917, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “An Evening at Four Winds Point”, in Anne’s House of Dreams, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland & Stewart…. From the entry incarnadine
  • The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul.1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13. From the entry left
  • Pedro smote himself upon with his clenched fist.2019, Henry Wallace Phillips, Plain Mary Smith: A Romance of Red Saunders. From the entry corpsey
  • A draft of cold air smote their hosened legs, and through a small slit window came the dry smell of snow.1961, Olive Eckerson, “Edward, My Son!”, in The Golden Yoke: A Novel of the War of the Roses, New York, N.Y.: Coward-McCann, Inc., →LCCN…. From the entry hosened
  • We see Sheshonk smiting the Asiatics and Amon-ra handing to him the kopesh or "curved sword of victory."1916, Garrett Chatfield Pier, The Great Temple of Amonra at Karnak. From the entry kopesh
  • With flame, claw, and spell it—no, she, they said—smote the most valiant knights and the shrewdest battlemasters, sniffing out war wizards whatever their disguise and rending them to pieces.2000, Troy Denning, Ed Greenwood, Death of the Dragon (The Cormyr Saga; III), Wizards of the Coast, published 2001, →ISBN, page 319. From the entry battlemaster

Meaning of smite

  1. verb To hit; to strike.
  2. verb To strike down or kill with godly force.
  3. verb To injure with divine power.

Full definition of smite

Questions about smite in a sentence

How do you use smite in a sentence?
Smite is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Bob was smitten with Laura from the first time he saw her.”
What is a short sentence with smite?
“Maybe he was smitten with Clare.”
What does smite mean?
Smite means to hit; to strike.

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