smearing

Example Sentences

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“Gray raindrops pattered listlessly on the kitchen window, obscuring the thin morning light” as Honor Wilson is found smearing “a dot of margarine across some toast.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Ramos said the audio was about smearing his work, adding "no Mexican authority took responsibility for that audio."

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Mullin did not apologize for his remarks and instead accused Paul of smearing his character.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

In the post he also accused other media outlets or TV programmes of "smearing" him through "a highly sophisticated system of document and visual alteration".

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

He mixed the photos like a little kid mixes playing cards, smearing them together with the flats of his hands.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby