smeared

Example Sentences

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“It almost looks like Cheeto dust,” she said, “like somebody had Cheetos on their fingers and just smeared it on the landscape.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Just to be sure, though, the soldiers cracked two raw chicken eggs on his head and smeared the contents over his body, a traditional method for neutralizing the supernatural.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Families of patients who suffered or died after they caught infections in Scotland's largest hospital say they were "lied to", "demeaned" and "smeared".

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

With eight still needed from two balls, De Klerk smeared the fifth for another six over midwicket before clubbing the last ball back over the bowler's head to win the game.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Then he smeared some molasses above his top lip, making a sticky brown mustache.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis