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
Smarten the ship up a little, put some stripes running down from the nose, a few pieces of chrome around over the body....
From First Man by Brown, Clyde
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
