smudge

Example Sentences

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In truth, there have been enough fingerprints on UCLA’s resurgence to leave countless smudge marks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

You can distort a timeline, smudge the facts, and leave others out to pursue one angle in favor of another, depending on your agenda.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025

She remembers one such occasion: "The producers made me put water on my eyes and smudge my mascara… and made it look like I was crying. That was a total set-up."

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024

Family members of the victims gathered Monday to smudge, a traditional practice for safety, well-being and healing, before the inquest began.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

Conor wasn’t allowed in there at any time, lest he smudge the upholstery somehow, so of course this was where he went to read his book while he waited for his father.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness