smooth
Example Sentences
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But the sound of the music itself — delicate, precise, a little eerie — was also a sign that Hollywood did nothing to smooth out the quirks of one of pop’s most lovable oddballs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Elmo eventually responded in character, attempting to smooth things over with a pun-filled apology.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Inventories are the shock absorbers of the energy world: They smooth out the tension between the ups and downs of supply and the usually steady pace of demand.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
But you’d have to be nuts not to understand she was hired to help smooth regulatory passage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Every move he made was as sure as Daniel Boone’s musket, and as smooth as the dasher in Mama’s old churn.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing smooth
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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