smudge

Example Sentences

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Instead of a funhouse mirror of what could be, it’s merely a smudged reflection of what is.

From Los Angeles Times

Can’t they be smudged in the developing process or ruined if you don’t rewind the roll just right?

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Los Angeles Times

The two women move around the room, burning herbs and shaking shamanic rattles while singing and chanting in a purification ritual known as "smudging".

From BBC

I was more than a little impressed, especially when it occurred to me that Nathaniel’s grimy, smudged violin was missing two of the four strings.

From Los Angeles Times