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besmear

[bih-smeer] / bɪˈsmɪər /


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Of course, you will cut your beautiful locks, besmear your cheeks, and there you are.

From Six Women and the Invasion by Gabrielle Yerta

In all history it has been shown that he who seeks to besmear others usually leaves the greatest amount of mud on himself.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook

Was it honour and fair play to besmear my mother's name, to throw reflections upon my birth?

From The Day of Judgment by Joseph Hocking

The inhabitants of Westbothnia, to defend themselves against the bites of gnats, besmear their skin with a mixture of tar and fish-grease, or some other kind of fat.

From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Carl von Linn?

Dark streams of welling blood besmear Thy limbs where dust and mire adhere, Nor have I strength, weighed down by woe, Mine arms about thy form to throw.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith




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