smeared
Example Sentences
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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
Just to be sure, though, the soldiers cracked two raw chicken eggs on his head and smeared the contents over his body, a traditional method for neutralizing the supernatural.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Families of patients who suffered or died after they caught infections in Scotland's largest hospital say they were "lied to", "demeaned" and "smeared".
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
With eight still needed from two balls, De Klerk smeared the fifth for another six over midwicket before clubbing the last ball back over the bowler's head to win the game.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
I force the sandwich to my lips and it crumbles, dry toast smeared with butter, in my mouth.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
