smooth
adjective
free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough.
had smoothed
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past perfectof smooth.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Buckingham Palace had smoothed that over, saying that was in line with the UK government's position on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Yet it had smoothed out by 1978’s “Life Beyond L.A.,” its first LP for the Warner Bros. label.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
The calm of her new life, with entire days spent in her dimly lit, quiet apartment, had smoothed out her symptoms.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
Meanwhile, West took to Twitter to make it known he had smoothed things over with Kris Jenner.
From Fox News ● Jan. 6, 2021
Her parents had always argued behind closed doors, whatever battle they had smoothed over by the time the sun rose next morning.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
