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
Expect a lot of smudged mascara as the pair receive a send-off to remember.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
Instead of a funhouse mirror of what could be, it’s merely a smudged reflection of what is.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
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
Franz stuck his head over the top of the box and licked the forehead of the very same black kitten with white smudged feet they had left on the Beiderman’s doorstep the day before.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
