besmear

Example Sentences

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In all history it has been shown that he who seeks to besmear others usually leaves the greatest amount of mud on himself.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.

I lose myself in the recollections of my childhood like an old man … I do not expect anything further in life than a succession of sheets of paper to besmear with black.

From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by McKenzie, Aimée G. Leffingwel

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

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

The women besmear themselves with the most disgusting filth.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir

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