smarten
Example Sentences
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Smarten Up was “bred” to Simplification to produce Dumben Down.
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022
Smarten up and speak out, all you good citizens.
From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2018
Santiva is definitely a Smarten, who comes from a long line of Nearco studs, and bred to gallop two miles.
From New York Times • May 5, 2011
Only we are purple and crimson, Only we in the dew-clear mornings, Smarten into color as the sun rises.
From Anthology of Massachusetts Poets by Braithwaite, William Stanley
"Smarten myself up?" he echoed, in blank question.
From The Brentons by Dexter, Wilson C.
