smudge
noun
a dirty mark or smear.
had smudged
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past perfectof smudge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Some lacked materials, and many voter cards had smudged ink that made them illegible.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
Some lacked materials, and many voter cards were illegible as the ink had smudged.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
However, her femininity showed in her eyes, which she had smudged with black liner, and the veil she wore on her head.
From US News ● Oct. 20, 2015
Soot from the two squat, rakish funnels had smudged many a celebrity on the trial run but it was a simple matter for 100 workmen to raise the short stacks 15 feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the process of trying to wash out Ammu’s forbidden kohl, they had smudged it all over their eyes, and on the whole looked like three raccoons trying to pass off as Hindu ladies.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
