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

But Sonny has a gift for spotting talent, and he’s aiming high: Jordan, the 21-year-old who’s left college early and whose moves he studies on smeary tape.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023

Combining motion blur with frame rate manipulation gave the layered effect a smeary, blended aesthetic — a look based on theoretical physics.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2022

The 4-megapixel UDC still looks fairly smeary, and I’d only use it as a last resort.

From The Verge • Aug. 17, 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