Sentence examples for it smudged from inspiring English sources

And the erased line, still barely visible beneath, had an eloquence of its own, since it smudged the space in a way that suggested pentimenti, second thoughts, a hazy penumbra of light and shadow.

It made her a household name even as it smudged her dignity.

I've been wearing it smudged over sharp red lip liner to give a bright, festive mouth, and someone always asks what it is.

It was a defensible act, and perhaps several minutes overdue, but physically clumsy to such a magnificent degree that it smudged out the actual meaning of everything he had said before and everything he would say after.

if it smudged or didn't adhere, just wash it off and try again.

Give it a few moments to dry and set before you blink, otherwise you'll get it smudged into your crease.

And after living with it for a few years, I've grown to like its splodgy greens and browns, its smudged suburban calm.

But if it is smudged later, the smudge will be easier to remove, because it doesn't attach directly to the mirror.

Achiltibuie, Ross-shire 01854 622 282; summerisleshotel.co.uk The view from the dining room of the Summer Isles hotel, during the seemingly perpetual twilight that only Scotland can offer at this time of year, looks acutely art-directed: the buffed pewter of the sea and beyond it the smudged outline of the islands that give the hotel its name.

Much later, after I'd learned what had happened, I found myself piecing together the story in my mind's eye, trying to make it fit – smudged pictures conjured through cracked memory and hearsay: I'd gone to school, collapsed in the hallway, been wheeled off to the nurse's office, where she took my temperature, found it high, and called my mum to come fetch me.

Even worse, sweat can cause your makeup to run, giving it a smudged, messy appearance.