smeared

Example Sentences

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With the mayor’s vocal support, Mr. Bratton put broken-windows policing to work, arresting “squeegee men” who smeared dirty rags across motorists’ windshields, holding them hostage for a “contribution.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 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

The shelter in the town hall car park has excrement smeared on the floor and reeks of urine.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

It’ll instantly elevate any sushi spread, but it’s just as lovely dolloped over sushi rice, spooned onto bibimbap, or smeared over warm toast.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

Ferrets, weasels and stoats, their faces smeared with moist dark earth, popped out of the ground in the oddest of places.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques