smeary
Example Sentences
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The eeriest costume this Halloween season would be Aunt Gladys, with her odd copper wig, oversized sunglasses, blue eyeshadow, and smeary red lipstick.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2025
Alongside Carti on their collaborations “Timeless” and “Rather Lie,” Tesfaye grounded his pal’s smeary Atlanta noise with evilly pretty melody.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
Here’s an underrated gem from a few years back: smeary, romantic, ’80s-inspired pop as vibrant as a bouquet of roses in every color.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
Even a simple alphabet by the graffiti artist known as Worm is sensuously pictorial, since it’s rendered in bulbous, smeary and hot-colored letters.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
Not just because she says so, but because the writing goes all smeary and the paper crinkles.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
