smeared
Example Sentences
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Often smeared on hot buttered toast, it tastes like a fishy, peppery paté, befitting the mock Latin name Osborn gave to it, Patum Peperium.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
The shelter in the town hall car park has excrement smeared on the floor and reeks of urine.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 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
“The Scouting program and this camp makes a difference in so many people’s lives,” Copen said, with dirt smeared on his face.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
A streak of slime smeared across his lip as he swiped and pinched and dug just enough for it to count as a dig, but not enough for it to count as diggin'.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
