besmear
Example Sentences
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Was it honour and fair play to besmear my mother's name, to throw reflections upon my birth?
From The Day of Judgment by Hocking, Joseph
He will as surely soil and besmear with sin your moral garments as would contact with the most filthy object imaginable your outer garments.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey
He sat behind his card-strewn counter holding the stencil brush like a sort of weapon ready to besmear that face of sneering assurance if its owner ventured too near.
From Pee-Wee Harris by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese
To daub over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
They make little fires during the day, sleeping at night among the warm ashes, with which they besmear their bodies.
