smudged
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Either way, the onetime roommates and bandmates pioneered a discomfiting broken-doll aesthetic of smudged eyeliner, smeared lipstick and plastic barrettes clipped to hanks of bleached-out hair.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
"Intensity mapping is like viewing the same scene through a smudged plane window: you get a blurrier picture, but you capture all the light and not just the brightest spots."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
Expect a lot of smudged mascara as the pair receive a send-off to remember.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
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 ● Nov. 11, 2025
In the last of the daylight flooding through the windows, she became a wavering silhouette, smudged at the edges by the steam rising from the sink.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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