smear

Example Sentences

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Ingerson posted on social media that there had been a "two-year long campaign of bullying, lies, rumours and smears designed to stop my candidacy".

From BBC

I yank a napkin from the holder beside us and wipe up the smears of purple.

From Literature

The feathers surrounding her eyes were smeared with berry pulp and groomed into sharp points.

From Literature

Simons previously said he "never sought to smear" the journalists investigated, and has now told the BBC's Newscast that "there's a lot I've learned from it".

From BBC

“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