smudge
noun
a dirty mark or smear.
are smudging
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present progressiveof smudge.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But then you walk in the locker room and college kids are smudging away tears, trying to act like they weren’t bawling their eyes out after the toughest loss of many of their lives.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2012
