smudged
Example Sentences
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"Intensity mapping is like viewing the same scene through a smudged plane window: you get a blurrier picture, but you capture all the light and not just the brightest spots."
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
Expect a lot of smudged mascara as the pair receive a send-off to remember.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
Instead of a funhouse mirror of what could be, it’s merely a smudged reflection of what is.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
Can’t they be smudged in the developing process or ruined if you don’t rewind the roll just right?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
The salt of her tears had smudged her eye makeup.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
