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

I took the glass from him and, examining it with the utmost care, I detected a smutch of yellowish paint upon it, nothing more.

From The Darrow Enigma by Severy, Melvin Linwood

They’ve put the body in here, it seems to me, for there’s a tiny smutch just against the edge.

From Blind Policy by Fenn, George Manville

Aye, and the hundred others he had told, and was showing upon his soul a smutch, a smear, a spot for every one!

From The Red Moccasins A Story by Heady, Morrison

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