smudge

Example Sentences

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You can distort a timeline, smudge the facts, and leave others out to pursue one angle in favor of another, depending on your agenda.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025

While we followed the police, we could see the boat – a thin black smudge on a milky sea – to our left.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

I saw Trevor around the gym for months — scattered tattoos and black tank top with a cute smudge of climbing chalk on their ears.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

Daccord tried to smudge on two clean lines of eye black, channeling Tom Brady.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

There was not a single smudge of ink on the marble desktop, and the floor was so pristine, I could have believed it had been waxed yesterday.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros