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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
USE smear IN A SENTENCE
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
And then Lamb began to taste something like panic even as the first neon signs began to smear the wintry shadows.
If you will look at the paper you will observe a slight smear of blood.
BOY SCOUTS IN THE PHILIPPINESG. HARVEY RALPHSON
And still at times she would smear him with the name of black (to his delight when he learned the reason).
MARGARET OGILVYJ. M. BARRIE
A thin stream of blood ran from his mouth and dribbled down his chin and coagulated in a sticky smear upon the gun stock.
THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMMIRVIN S. COBB
The pass had broadened into a valley, and a flat blue smear on the horizon told of earth and sky meeting beyond a plain.
THE TERMS OF SURRENDERLOUIS TRACY
The blood that has settled in its chest is carefully caught; it is used to smear the bangibang and the jipag.
THE HEAD HUNTERS OF NORTHERN LUZON FROM IFUGAO TO KALINGACORNELIS DE WITT WILLCOX
He silently led them closer and pointed to an amber smear about the lips and nostrils of the dead man.
THE CODE OF THE MOUNTAINSCHARLES NEVILLE BUCK
The women will sew the slits together, and the men melt fat and smear over.
CONDEMNED AS A NIHILISTGEORGE ALFRED HENTY
It looked well, as Dessalines could obtain neither of his favourite paints to smear it with.
THE HOUR AND THE MANHARRIET MARTINEAU
A man sat there with his hands still bound and a wide red smear upon his forehead.
THE CATTLE-BARON'S DAUGHTERHAROLD BINDLOSS
WORDS RELATED TO SMEAR
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- bash
- belittle
- berate
- blow off
- calumniate
- cap
- castigate
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut to the quick
- decry
- defame
- derogate
- discount
- do a number on
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hurl brickbat
- insult
- knock
- minimize
- nag
- offend
- oppress
- persecute
- pick on
- put down
- rag on
- reproach
- revile
- ride
- rip up
- run down
- scold
- signify
- slam
- slap
- sling mud
- smear
- sound
- swear at
- tear apart
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zing
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- bash
- belittle
- berate
- blow off
- calumniate
- cap
- castigate
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut to the quick
- decry
- defame
- derogate
- discount
- do a number on
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hurl brickbat
- insult
- knock
- minimize
- nag
- offend
- oppress
- persecute
- pick on
- put down
- rag on
- reproach
- revile
- ride
- rip up
- run down
- scold
- signify
- slam
- slap
- sling mud
- smear
- sound
- swear at
- tear apart
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zing
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- bash
- belittle
- berate
- blow off
- calumniate
- cap
- castigate
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut to the quick
- decry
- defame
- derogate
- discount
- do a number on
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hurl brickbat
- insult
- knock
- minimize
- nag
- offend
- oppress
- persecute
- pick on
- put down
- rag on
- reproach
- revile
- ride
- rip up
- run down
- scold
- signify
- slam
- slap
- sling mud
- smear
- sound
- swear at
- tear apart
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zing
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.