smutch

Example Sentences

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She hadn’t done anything to me, and the smutch of the mud against her blue gown — the prettiest dress I ever saw.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz

But thou hast valour, dear, too much           For such as this; thou hast grave embassy,           Given with thy birth; would'st thou thine honour smutch           With coward failing?

From A Lover's Diary, Volume 1. by Parker, Gilbert

“I wager you feel all cinders and smutch after such a long ride in the cars.”

From Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse by Carr, Annie Roe

The scheme adopted was, I believe, suggested by Vice-President Howard, as shrewd and cynical a rascal as ever lived in the mire without getting smutch or splash upon his fine linen of respectability.

From The Plum Tree by Ashe, E. M.

Some are worthless little patches, Which indeed if they don't smutch you, 'Tis they're dead before they touch you!

From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George