smudge

Example Sentences

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I got a few distant glimpses during the first few years I lived here, a gray-green smudge on the horizon.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024

The coolest collegiate women’s basketball player on the planet routinely produces plays so picturesque, every smudge is briefly met with a pained annoyance that inspires her to retrieve the brush and swirl anew.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2024

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

Daccord tried to smudge on two clean lines of eye black, channeling Tom Brady.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

I pushed my final bite of cake around my plate, creating a swirling chocolate smudge.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas