SMUDGE in a Sentence

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For SMUDGE, below is one of 11 sentences:
After surveying the sketch critically she drew a broad smudge of paint across its surface, and crumpled the paper between her hands.

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 Meanings and Examples of SMUDGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
smudge
 v.  make a smudge on; soil by smudging
 n.  a blemish made by dirt
Classic Sentence:
1  She came to the door in her sacking apron, a blacklead-brush in her hand, and a black smudge on her nose.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  Boots had then run down the lane, and another little smudge of blood showed that it was he who had been hurt.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
3  There was a broad, irregular smudge covering some yards of the track.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
4  The grass beside the railroad had been burnt over; it was a smudge prickly with charred stalks of weeds.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  After surveying the sketch critically she drew a broad smudge of paint across its surface, and crumpled the paper between her hands.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In V
6  In her small face, her eyes were too large for beauty, the dark smudges under them making them appear enormous, but the expression in them had not altered since the days of her unworried girlhood.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
7  Their smudged countenances now expressed a profound dejection.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
8  That gravel page upon which I might have read so much has been long ere this smudged by the rain and defaced by the clogs of curious peasants.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3. The Problem
Example Sentence:
1  Her hands were covered in dust and she had a black smudge on her nose.
2  The police identified the murderess from a smudge of blood on the shirt.
3  There was a dark smudge on his forehead.