smeared
Example Sentences
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Lean and wet and smeared with grass, he introduces himself as Lincoln Hedberg from New Jersey.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
This included an empty can of energy drink left in the middle of the floor of a clean delivery room - as well as butter "smeared around the top of a birthing pool".
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
“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
I shook his hand and tried to ignore the red goop that was smeared in his hair and down the back of his head.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
