Verb (used without object) : White shoes smudge easily. From Dictionary.com.
Garth Thorvald, a far less impressive -- one could say "smudged" -- copy of his brother. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
The uncovered lens caused some photos to look smudged, which is perhaps the rule, not the exception in these cameras. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmodo] Reference
“The floor was kind of smudged,” said Merrywether. iii. From Wordnik.com. [Died in the Wool]
It certainly had not been 'smudged' at all, and such impressions generally did become 'smudged.'. From Wordnik.com. [John Caldigate] Reference
He turned to face me, his glasses dirty and smudged. From Wordnik.com. [Thieves] Reference
It's smudged the paper a bit, but that won't matter. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
Point to his fingers, still smudged with oil from work. From Wordnik.com. [Bait] Reference
Jensen wrote several names on a smudged half sheet of paper. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
Their dirt, coal-smudged faces as they're crammed into this. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2002] Reference
She had, he felt, smudged the brightness of his splendid future. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
KUEHNE: It was probably moist coming over here and it got smudged. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Florida Supreme Court Halts Certification of Vote Totals After State Court Rules in Favor of Secretary of State - November 17, 2000] Reference
Page 212, the word "spoke" is presumed as the original is smudged. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film] Reference
On the back of the paper, the writing is smudged, nearly illegible. From Wordnik.com. [A Cry From The Deep] Reference
Look at his black-smudged tail -- only a trifle better than a weasel's. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
Jean Maria leaned toward the windshield for a glimpse of the smudged sky. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Vault of Jean Maria Schwartz in Heaven] Reference
He looked up at me, his starched white priest's collar smudged with grease. From Wordnik.com. [Confession] Reference
She noticed that her crimson lipstick had smudged the rose patterned sheets. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Digger] Reference
He pressed his face up against the smudged glass and peered down the aisles. From Wordnik.com. [Free Time] Reference
The red spots had been smudged out of the corner, but there, the picture was. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
Her face revealed remnants of smudged make-up applied that morning before work. From Wordnik.com. [Girl With Floral Basket.] Reference
It was stuffed with pencil-smudged graph paper where we drew maps of our quests. From Wordnik.com. [So Long, Dungeon Master] Reference
It actually had been dipped in water somewhere, and most of the writing was smudged. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Florida Supreme Court Halts Certification of Vote Totals After State Court Rules in Favor of Secretary of State - November 17, 2000] Reference
Page 406, the word "excellent" is presumed as the text was smudged. (a more excellent). From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
He looked across Columbus at the dark-smudged façade of the Endicott, a welfare hotel. From Wordnik.com. [Moving Day] Reference
The manuscript, tattered and smudged, spilled out onto his desk like a burst from a fountain. From Wordnik.com. [Peer Review] Reference
It seemed to house a variety of greeting cards, all of which were water-stained and smudged. From Wordnik.com. [Who Lives on Barriedale Road?] Reference
The kilt-tunic smudged with mud, scorched and charred along one edge, was styled like his own. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traders] Reference
Hartman's kid was digging faster, his face smudged with dirt, a good pile building up behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Hole to China] Reference
I couldn't read most of his notes — they had been written in pencil and now were smudged dark. From Wordnik.com. [To Be A Child (Part I of III)] Reference
It's already sporting the frayed jacket and smudged Post-its that are a cookbook's badge of honor. From Wordnik.com. [Stone Soup: Three Cookbooks For Lean Times] Reference
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Yes, they we soaked and their faces were smudged, but they were alive. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2002] Reference
They took that away and brought me a fresh plate but left the used cutlery and the smudged water glass. From Wordnik.com. [Forgotten] Reference
Now Republicans are telling horror stories about the way the hand recounts are being mishandled: ballots smudged with fingernail polish. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: The Florida Recount: New Lawsuits, New Accusations - November 19, 2000] Reference
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