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Discover LudwigThe phrase "smothered cry" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a cry that is muffled or suppressed, often conveying a sense of distress or pain. Example: "In the quiet room, a smothered cry escaped her lips as she tried to hold back her emotions."
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I like it fried or smothered".
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Look, he even poses naked smothered in guidebooks.
It's a film that you expect to come smothered in industrial amounts of schmaltz.
"You just cry, cry, cry".
Robert Rauschenberg's paintings often incorporated many elements: premade images, junk, animal matter, all smothered in paint.
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It was a less-than-pleasant yellow and smothered with purple pom poms.
Wings are individually dipped in the sauce instead of smothered; served with vegan blue cheese.
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