smudge

Example Sentences

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I got a few distant glimpses during the first few years I lived here, a gray-green smudge on the horizon.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

The coolest collegiate women’s basketball player on the planet routinely produces plays so picturesque, every smudge is briefly met with a pained annoyance that inspires her to retrieve the brush and swirl anew.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2024

She remembers one such occasion: "The producers made me put water on my eyes and smudge my mascara… and made it look like I was crying. That was a total set-up."

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024

Until now, Dinkinesh’s only been ”an unresolved smudge in the best telescopes,” Southwest Research Institute’s Hal Levison, the lead scientist, said in a statement.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023

When she tried to break it apart, it was actually squishy and left a big smudge of brown on her finger.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh