lapping

How To Use lapping In A Sentence

• Why be all miffy and hissy and in a bitch-slapping mood guys, about not being in the military when you can do the work you like in prisons and police forces? See, it's not all about the election today.
• Some teachers also punish students by flogging them with whips made of rubber (from strips of old car tires), with heavier canes, or simply by slapping, kicking, or pinching them.
• That night, we anchored in Geneviz Limani - the Bay of the Genoese - and dined on the poop deck as the moon rose and the sound of the lapping tide echoed against the towering cliffs.
• With check-in times now prolonged because of security issues, traders are lapping up even more business as they tempt us with their trinkets and gewgaws.
• In the darkened room behind this diorama, a wall-sized video projection showed a seascape of lapping waves.
• The paddles turned out to be harmless slapsticks, with holes through the actual paddle part so they could cause a loud slapping noise without hurting.
• Aaewin asked without thinking, clapping her hands over her mouth after the words escaped.
• Flying foxes have a long bristly tongue that's great for lapping up juicy fruit, and for licking and grooming themselves and their friends!
• It was a strange spectacle to see the two former enemies shaking hands and slapping each other on the back.
• The cliffs closed in as the river swept round a bend, its waves slapping against vertical rocks.