backslap

How To Use backslap In A Sentence

• Half of his speech was taken up with the kind of political backslapping and one-line jokes normally reserved for campaign fundraisers.
• It would appear I've accidentally said the wrong thing on a backslapping parade and critical perspectives are unwelcome.
• The story does, however, tell a truth about him - he is cast as the backslapper because his contemporaries expected impudence and a light heart from him.
• Arriving passengers greet their cabin stewards and table waiters like long-lost family friends with smiling handshakes, hugs and much backslapping.
• No matter how many times I say that award ceremonies are pointless industry backslapping, I still can't help but be a teeny bit interested in them.
• He has not actually gone from hero to zero, but he will need no reminders that if he does not get a grip soon, all the backslappers who emerged from the woodwork post-Sydney will be queuing to wring his neck.
• The whites responded with backslapping, hugs and dances. Times, Sunday Times
• The feeling is mutual and there is much backslapping all round. Times, Sunday Times
• There will be a lot of backslapping, and people will talk about the amazing things that will come out of that Budget, in terms of it being pro-growth, pro-science, and pro-development.
• Expecting rave reviews and backslapping verification, he invited two dozen training experts to stop by in November to become test subjects.