smarmy

Example Sentences

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How is Jack more than just a smarmy sales guy?

From Salon

That smarmy pursuit has next to nothing to do with Monroe’s brilliant achievements as a performing artist, all of which happened 60 to 70 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

He was always dealing some smarmy anecdote about his friendship with Trebek and emphasizing that he performs surgery on hearts.

From New York Times

Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, on Wednesday afternoon, issued a similar smarmy statement declaring, "Violence is not how you achieve change."

From Salon

But, in the recent toxic wasteland of national affairs, if we disqualify everyone who ever unleashed a smarmy or juvenile cheap shot, we’d have very few people left in Washington.

From Washington Post