How to Use slap on in a Sentence

slap on

phrasal verb

• Bowing to slaps on the wrist would only take away his edge.
  — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
• The punishment amounts to a slap on the wrist for this year’s draft from April 25-27 in Detroit.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
• There’s a difference between a slap on the ass and rape.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 July 2024
• In mid-May, with a new name and logo slapped on the side of the trailer, Celia’s Kitchen debuted.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 17 July 2023
• Treat your new lashes with TLC—don't curl them, slap on mascara, or rub your eyes.
  — Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 June 2023
• Shrinking the size of acne is as easy as slapping on a sticker.
  — Good Housekeeping, 19 July 2023
• Lum said the arbitrator’s ruling amounts to a slap on the wrist for the companies.
  — Max Siegelbaum, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2023
• In the front hallway, Stefanovic took the student’s hands behind his back and slapped on handcuffs.
  — Maggie Prosser, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• On the one hand, the quickest way to get a movie made in Hollywood is to slap on a familiar title.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 July 2024
• That seems to be the excuse for giving them a mere slap on the wrist for committing acts of violence.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2024
• To see the full range of Survivor hot takes from all 18 Survivor 46 contestants, slap on some sunscreen and check out the video below.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2024
• Any decorator can slap on a scenic wallpaper and call it a day.
  — Catherine Hong, ELLE Decor, 20 Apr. 2023
• News flash y'all — cutting and pasting a bunch of clips alongside a talking head and slapping on some music does not a doc make.
  — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 16 July 2024
• At a courtroom lectern, Etienne expressed her frustration with the plea deal, which her attorneys have likened to a slap on the wrist.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
• Understandably, your first instinct may be to slap on a baseball cap and think about it later.
  — Stephanie Dolgoff and Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2023
• Like during pregame warmup lines when Josiah gave his little brother a friendly slap on the cheek near midcourt.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
• Gordon won’t be the first or last college athlete to get a relative slap on the wrist for making a mistake, but now Gordon has a choice.
  — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2024
• Singer Ava Max says she was slapped on stage during her performance in Los Angeles.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 22 June 2023
• Some financial experts question the price tag that investors have slapped on Trump Media.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2024
• Andy gives her a slap on the wrist for spewing theories about what could have happened, some of which included production.
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2024
• In another incident, a 25-year-old woman was slapped on the forehead while in Midtown on March 23, police said.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 29 Mar. 2024
• After a long week, there’s nothing better than sipping a glass of wine, putting on your favorite show, and slapping on some soothing under-eye masks.
  — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
• The Pentagon has all the assets in place to execute a retaliatory response against Houthi targets, but a slap on the wrist will not revive the status quo ante.
  — The Editors, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
• The wine tariffs were part of a raft of trade curbs Beijing slapped on key Australian exports starting in 2020 as punishment for political grievances.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
• The officers received the department’s equivalent of a slap on the wrist: an employee comment card in their personnel files.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• Instead of helping customers understand how to solve their actual problems, new labels were slapped on old things.
  — Justin Warren, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• The sanctions amounted to a slap on the wrist, but Beijing interpreted them as an assault on its sovereignty and unleashed a diplomatic tirade and a slew of economic sanctions.
  — Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2022
• She would be let off with a slap on the wrist—or, worst-case scenario, a short sentence at a low-security prison, which would only cement her reputation as a provocateur.
  — Hernan Diaz, Harper's Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023
• It’s been happening for decades but has exploded in recent years as internet users crave short, witty phrases and burnish them by slapping on Churchill’s name.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
• And all over TikTok, too, makeup artists and regular people are slapping on hues that defy the typical lipstick, all while getting millions of views—and not just for shock value.
  — Kristen Bateman, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 June 2023

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024