Example Sentences
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They’re the smart choice, even if you come across a slightly smudged crystal ball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Either way, the onetime roommates and bandmates pioneered a discomfiting broken-doll aesthetic of smudged eyeliner, smeared lipstick and plastic barrettes clipped to hanks of bleached-out hair.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
"Intensity mapping is like viewing the same scene through a smudged plane window: you get a blurrier picture, but you capture all the light and not just the brightest spots."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2026
The workers’ uniforms are smudged with stains earned underneath a car, wrench in hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
The hems of her jeans were smudged with dirt, and she carried a journal under her arm that Virgil was desperate to read.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
