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

He had been deeply impressed by his wife's warnings against Fanshaw—"a lump of soot, and sure to smutch you if you go near him."

From The Cost by Phillips, David Graham

They were alert, well-muscled; their faces were streaked with paleness and a black smutch like dancers made up for a masquerade.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry

"You can't smutch the character of Daviess," said Wood.

From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry

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.