- present participle of smear.
smearing
Example Sentences
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Technicians then pour off the top layer and place a drop of the concentrated sediment onto a glass slide before smearing it evenly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
She added West was also smearing her make-up on her face "in a way that just felt wrong".
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Ramos said the audio was about smearing his work, adding "no Mexican authority took responsibility for that audio."
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Years later, on the New York punk music circuit, she switched to eyeliner, because she loved getting sweaty and smearing the black streaks down her face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
Soon a nervous-looking woman with an explosive mop of carrot-red hair—Meggot—was escorting him belowdecks and smearing a thick, green ointment onto his hand, which cooled it and eased the pain.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
