smudged
Example Sentences
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"Intensity mapping is like viewing the same scene through a smudged plane window: you get a blurrier picture, but you capture all the light and not just the brightest spots."
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
Can’t they be smudged in the developing process or ruined if you don’t rewind the roll just right?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
By the second week, the signup sheet—along with being smudged with soap—had nearly 60 names.
From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025
In front of a red velvet curtain with smudged mascara and a crystal teardrop on her cheek, Del Rio delivered a moving a cappella performance of “Llorando,” a Spanish-language take of Roy Orbison’s “Crying.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025
The man next to Papa Acevedo had a black fingerprint smudged over his face.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
