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Example sentences for "smite"

Lexicographically close words:
smirched; smirk; smirked; smirking; smit; smiter; smiters; smites; smitest; smiteth
  1. Yet shall there come, spite storm and shock, A Moses who shall smite the rock, Call manna from the Giver's hand, And lead us to the promised land!

  2. Yes, he would smite these lawbreakers hip and thigh, whatever their superficial claims to his respect, whatever their worldly position.

  3. From afar the sound of rushing waters seemed to smite Beryl's ears, to surge nearer, to overflow her brain.

  4. In the midst of her eloquent prologue would darkness smite suddenly, and end the drama?

  5. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

  6. Smite me that bold-faced baggage dead, or smite me dead, I care not which, then fall upon your sword.

  7. Now at length I understood what grace it was that had given me courage to offer battle to the heathen god, Odin, and to smite him down.

  8. They smite it so hard, and they smite it so well, That the sexton tosses his arms in sleep, And dreams he is ringing a funeral knell!

  9. A thousand bells ring out, and throw Their joyous peals abroad, and smite The darkness--charmed and holy now!

  10. This declaration of innocence offended the High Priest Ananias, and he commanded those who stood by, to smite the speaker on the mouth.

  11. This raised the indignation of Paul, and with the swiftness of an arrow he transfixed the Priest, "God shall smite thee, thou whited wall; for sittest thou to judge me after the law and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

  12. The coarse, loud, ill-tempered person who commanded to smite him on the mouth could not be High Priest!

  13. A dragon devours people there, so we are going to smite him.

  14. Here I am, sitting and eating roast meat; but take yourself off, for I am afraid of God, lest he should come up and smite me.

  15. Nightingale the robber espied the hero of Holy Russia, whistled with all his might, and wanted to smite Ilya Murometz to death.

  16. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked; "10.

  17. If I am not actuated herein by a desire to promote God's glory and the salvation of men, may the Lord rebuke and forgive me, and "let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness!

  18. Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

  19. Come let us smite him with the tongue and pay no heed to any of his words.

  20. So a lion from the jungle shall smite them, 6 A wolf of the waste destroy, The leopard shall prowl round their towns, All faring forth shall be torn.

  21. On thee be the curse that shall smite him who breaks in upon the dead!

  22. Nay, Harmachis, I smite thee not, for not all am I wroth that thou hast dared to utter the awful Word which calls Me down to thee.

  23. Use not such talk to me, lest I smite thee where thou art.

  24. And she threw herself upon her knees, lifting her fair breast toward me, that I might smite her with my dagger.

  25. Then, with a shriek of pain and fury--for those who smite love not that they be smitten--he turned and sprang at me!

  26. Thereon the multitude shouted again, and the great man, blind with fury, rushed at me to smite me down.

  27. Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and He will smite her power in the sea, and she shall be devoured with fire.

  28. They lay siege against us, they smite the judge of Israel with the rod upon the cheek.

  29. And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master; and I avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord at the hand of Jezebel, and the whole house of Ahab shall perish.

  30. And I crush his enemies before him, and will smite those who hate him.

  31. Behold, I smite with the rod in mine hand upon the waters in the river, and they are turned into blood.

  32. Jdt 16:7 For the mighty one did not fall by the young men, neither did the sons of the Titans smite him, nor high giants set upon him: but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her countenance.

  33. Sir 36:10 Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.

  34. Mac 9:47 With that they joined battle, and Jonathan stretched forth his hand to smite Bacchides, but he turned back from him.

  35. Jdt 9:10 Smite by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the prince with the servant: break down their stateliness by the hand of a woman.

  36. Smite it with the poker, and you get but a sullen resonance, a flight of red sparks, a sense of an unconquerable toughness.

  37. Smite promptly, and the surprise and sting of your injustice should provoke an excellent reply.

  38. And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

  39. And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

  40. And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

  41. I thank God that no commission to smite such is given to me.

  42. I know that if God were to smite all among us who hate His children of another race, there would be mourning in some of the brightest dwellings of our land.

  43. Smite harder, tighten, slacken at no point, for he hath cunning to find outlets even from impracticable difficulties.

  44. With main force now smite the galling fetters, since stern indeed is the inspector of this work.

  45. But do ye then at any rate, that sympathize with him in his sufferings, withdraw hence speedily some-whither from this spot, lest the harsh bellowing of the thunder smite you with idiotcy.

  46. For he shall smite the earth with the word of his mouth, even for evermore.

  47. They shall not be hungry nor thirsty, Neither shall the glowing heat nor the sun smite them, For he who hath pity on them shall lead them, And to gushing fountains will he guide them.

  48. He will smite an oppressor with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips will he slay the guilty.

  49. Behold ye fast for strife and contention, And to smite the poor with the fist.

  50. In the vision of the four horns and of the four smiths whose mission it is to smite the horns, he assures the people that Jehovah in his good time and way will overthrow the nations that now wrong and oppress them.

  51. And he shall come and shall smite the land of Egypt; such as are for death shall be given to death, and such as are for captivity shall be given to captivity, and such as are for the sword shall be given to the sword.

  52. If any man smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other.

  53. But 'if a man smite thee on the cheek,' — that does not touch life.

  54. If any man smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also.

  55. Persons who happened to be passing through the forest must have been affrighted to see him smite the trees with his great club.

  56. Hoder shall smite his brother Balder and send him down to the dark home of Hel.

  57. The eagle sweeps across the fiery line a second later, and falls, maimed and burned, to the ground, where a dozen fierce hands smite the life out of him, and the great giant Thjasse perishes among his foes.


  58. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "smite" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    affect; afflict; assault; bang; bash; baste; bat; batter; beat; belabor; belt; buffet; cane; catch; clap; clip; clobber; clout; club; clump; crack; crucify; cudgel; cut; dash; deal; deck; drub; fetch; flagellate; flail; flog; hit; horsewhip; impress; knock; lace; lash; move; paste; plunk; poke; pommel; pop; pummel; punch; rawhide; rend; rock; scourge; slam; slosh; slug; smack; smite; snap; soak; sock; spank; strap; strike; stripe; swat; swipe; switch; tap; tell; thrash; thud; thump; thwack; torment; torture; trounce; visit; wallop; whack; whale; wham; whip; whop