smutch

Example Sentences

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She hadn’t done anything to me, and the smutch of the mud against her blue gown — the prettiest dress I ever saw.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz

This love is not so hard to smutch.

From The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems by Morris, William

They’ve put the body in here, it seems to me, for there’s a tiny smutch just against the edge.

From Blind Policy by Fenn, George Manville

"You can't smutch the character of Daviess," said Wood.

From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry

But thou hast valour, dear, too much           For such as this; thou hast grave embassy,           Given with thy birth; would'st thou thine honour smutch           With coward failing?

From A Lover's Diary, Volume 1. by Parker, Gilbert