How to Use smackdown in a Sentence

smackdown

noun

• Here’s the rundown on Mater Dei’s 45-3 smackdown of Duncanville.
  — Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021
• All Stars, in the form of a lip-sync smackdown for Rudemption in the competition.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2021
• Tonight was the quarter-finals, and, as usual, the two celebrities with the least amount of votes went toe-to-toe in a smackdown.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 May 2024
• The four queens with the most Legendary Legend Stars at the end of the competition will fight for the crown in a lip sync smackdown.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 23 May 2022
• The judges determined the winner of the smackdowns, and the two losers were ultimately unmasked at the end of the episode.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 25 Sep. 2019
• But the takeaway from Saturday's smackdown shouldn't be about the Tigers coming up short in the biggest game of the year.
  — Khari Thompson, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2021
• Flamingo is the winner of the face-off, after Leopard gets voted to the smackdown.
  — Robbie Daw, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2019
• The two singers with the least number of votes, facing off in a smackdown to determine who would be unmasked, were Tiki and Hawk.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
• Scooby is great and all, but Lizard was not done any favors having to sing that song, and found himself in the smackdown for a second time.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2024
• The two singers with the least number of votes, facing off in a smackdown to determine who would be unmasked, were Royal Hen and Hawk.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• In addition to all the 2000s throwbacks (like a peek into a teenage Nicole Scherzinger's bedroom?), the episode also featured the first smackdown of the season.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2023
• For now, people are going with it until someone lays the smackdown.
  — Meirav Devash, Allure, 25 June 2018
• There’s a mix of the new-wave passing game with crossing routes, picks and run-pass options, but the Ravens just deliver good, old-fashioned smackdowns.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2019
• Musk’s smackdown came in response to statements Pinker made on a Wired podcast released a few days prior.
  — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2018
• Each comes with a mix of melee, ranged, counter, and special attacks, and each can put the serious smackdown on large crowds of generic robo-soldier foes.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2020
• The smackdown is the result of the NRA’s fanatical opposition to even the mildest reforms.
  — Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• Another guy getting a smackdown at the reunion is Daniel.
  — Ashley Iaconetti, Cosmopolitan, 12 Sep. 2017
• Galanin’s photograph of these words, a smackdown of the Hollywood sign two hours away, hangs in the Tsai Residence living room.
  — Michelle Falkenstein, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2021
• But there’s much, much more going on here than a Godzilla vs. Optimus Prime smackdown.
  — Colin Covert, idahostatesman, 28 Apr. 2017
• Count on executing a three-figure smackdown this time, Sonny Dykes, just to play it safe.
  — Dallas News, 10 Nov. 2022
• Will Smith’s smackdown was just that, lighting up social media as millions around the globe tried to figure out what just happened.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2022
• A few weeks after the Allentown smackdown, Casey isn’t budging from his remarks.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2022
• The two singers with the least number of votes, facing off in a smackdown to determine who would be unmasked, were Cuddle Monster and Anteater (in the bottom two for the second week in a row).
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
• After these back-to-back smackdowns, some Federal Circuit judges started to get the message.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 21 June 2018
• Awaiting Wendy’s next smackdown has become a spectator sport for some.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 25 July 2017
• Moments after Kansas City took a knee to complete its 44-23 smackdown of the home team, McCaffrey walked onto the field with his new teammates.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Oct. 2022
• The political fireworks forecast is dismal, with the chance of a good smackdown remote.
  — Paul Jenkins, Alaska Dispatch News, 30 June 2017
• The OnePlus 8, in particular, is launching in a few weeks, and that should provide a pricing smackdown for Samsung.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2020
• In the final round of competition on Wednesday’s episode, the Leopard and the Panda, who were both in jeopardy, competed in the smackdown challenge.
  — Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• The smackdown between David and Goliath was a single combat duel, so were the major battles outside the gates of Troy and classic tales told in ancient Egypt.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2017

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024