smut

Example Sentences

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Among the pet projects for the new guard was the library, which council members alleged was little better than a smut shop because the young adult section featured books about puberty and LGBTQ+ issues.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

To her million-plus Twitter followers, right-wing influencer Brigitte Gabriel groused, "Children should not be watching this smut!"

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023

He settled on using one from corn smut, a fungal pathogen.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 18, 2023

Thursday’s announcement said Russia would “take all measures” to prevent contamination by wheat smut fungus and would suspend exports to China if it was found.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2022

Through endless blobs of ghostly black smoke he sped, the hanging smut wafting against the smooth plexiglass nose of the ship like an evil, damp, sooty vapor against his cheeks.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller