smarmy
Example Sentences
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Twenty-three years of a smug, smarmy host, and a bunch of sportswriters desperate for sound bites and attention.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2025
Haters and enjoyers picked apart Tesfaye's inexperienced acting, nepotism baby Lily-Rose Depp's singing – who played Joselyn, the female pop star counterpart to Tesfaye's smarmy cult leader Tedros – and Levinson's screenwriting and direction.
From Salon • Aug. 29, 2023
It’s a tough assignment for a self-described wimp who ceaselessly cites his own shortcomings: bad grades, a flabby torso, a smarmy personality.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023
So why do I call this calming music “avant-garde jazz” and not the smarmy candy known as “smooth jazz”? Simply: smooth jazz is a category.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023
I'd shaken him, and it took him a second to find that smarmy smile, but he found it.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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