smooth down
Example Sentences
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“The main thing I worked on in the offseason that carried over today was being really smooth down the mound,” deGrom said of his 30-pitch outing, which featured 24 strikes.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022
On top of that, it’s had almost two centuries to smooth down its rough spots as a formalized pursuit.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2013
“Eleven things that float,” she said, raising a hand to her forehead to smooth down the bangs of her windblown pageboy.
From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2011
Working overtime to smooth down bristling anti-French sentiment in the U. S., the French Foreign Office decided last week that better phraseology might help.
From Time Magazine Archive
I quickly ran my hands over my head to smooth down my hair from the center, lest she start commenting on the size of my ears.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
