besmear

Example Sentences

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Madame Boche, in her turn, caught sight of Lantier and uttered a faint cry without ceasing to besmear her face with her tears.

From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile

He will as surely soil and besmear with sin your moral garments as would contact with the most filthy object imaginable your outer garments.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey

On the four corners of the platform, large jars were placed, filled with melted butter, to besmear the pyramid, that it might be the more easily set on fire.

From Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. by Scudder, Dr. John

They fashion his image of kadamb7 wood and besmear it with red lead.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah