smudge
Example Sentences
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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
I got a few distant glimpses during the first few years I lived here, a gray-green smudge on the horizon.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2024
Daccord tried to smudge on two clean lines of eye black, channeling Tom Brady.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023
Amber moves away and paints a sapphire-blue smudge on Claudine's gown.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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