smudge - use in sentences

Object

  • work: I constantly smudge the work I've just written, leaving my writing looking sloppy.
  • boundary: And so they are scandalized when Jesus tramples over their carefully drawn lines, smudges the boundaries, and leaves them in confusion.

Converse of object

  • leave: Take care not to leave smudges on the answer sheet.
  • see: A little lower in the sky you should see a second smudge of light.
  • have: I ALWAYS have a smudge down the whole side of my left hand whenever writing.

Adjective modifier

  • faint: There was a faint smudge of scarlet below the pressure lock.
  • dark: Dale Fort headland: note the dark smudge along the splash zone.
  • black: He has a pink nose with a black smudge on one side.
  • gray: Here, in gray smudges in the gravel spanning five millennia, is the essence of Heathrow's story.

Modifies a noun

  • stick: Powder & stick incense, charcoal, herbs & resins, smudge sticks, magical oils.

Modifying Another Word

  • easily: Dot matrix or inkjet printers are not really good enough and the ink from an inkjet tends to smudge fairly easily.
  • not: Write & Rub Demo 6 You can apply the glitter with your finger as the adhesive is dry and will not smudge.
  • n't: Its ink dries much faster than fountain pen ink does, so the letters wo n't smudge any more while you're writing.

Noun used with modifier

  • voila: Black professional phil voila smudges appeared seems to have had no encounter.
  • ink: His writing has become untidy and he always seems to get an ink smudge up the side of his hand.

Preposition: of

  • light: A little lower in the sky you should see a second smudge of light.

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