smeared
Example Sentences
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Lean and wet and smeared with grass, he introduces himself as Lincoln Hedberg from New Jersey.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
One group inflated a giant disco ball, while another smeared themselves with body paint next to a line of rehearsing dancers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026
With the mayor’s vocal support, Mr. Bratton put broken-windows policing to work, arresting “squeegee men” who smeared dirty rags across motorists’ windshields, holding them hostage for a “contribution.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Coating cools while dripping from an arm, smiles askew send mixed signals, smeared eyes like they’d been up late partying with the tarts, blemishes, cracked sugary skin.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026
I dropped a bit of blue paint on the bottom by accident, so I smeared it and made a river.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
