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- noun Plural form of
smearing .
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Examples
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Reacting to the sight of it, she tries to rub some of it away to see her skin …. which is perfect beneath the brown smearings.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » CarsonArtist’s Review Forum 2009
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Reacting to the sight of it, she tries to rub some of it away to see her skin …. which is perfect beneath the brown smearings.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » CarsonArtist’s Review Forum 2009
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I'd much rather see a return to the form he was exploring with House of 1000 Corpses and Devil's Rejects, which were smearings of a number of genres to create stories that reflected many walks of life, instead of a single one.
Fantastic Fest Review and Video Blog: Trick ‘R Treat | /Film 2009
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Michael Schiavo's brother, Brian, has also been critical of the government intrusions and activist smearings, telling a Fox TV interviewer that they "should be ashamed of themselves" for making a painful and emotional situation worse.
THE NEWS BLOG 2005
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"Hit's a damn shame," Pete murmured, as he anointed the creature's neck and head with liberal smearings of lard.
A Tar-Heel Baron Edward Stratton Holloway 1903
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Beyond smearings and daubings of paint, as past the edges of concealing clouds, one caught glimpses of a serene and steadfast human radiance.
A Cathedral Singer James Lane Allen 1887
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Although water-boarding continues to dominate public discussion about the techniques authorized by the Bush Administration, the batons in rectums, the panties on heads, the smearings of menstrual 'blood,' the electrical wires, the rapes, the pilings of naked men on top of each other and the murdered bodies should not be forgotten quite so readily.
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Although water-boarding continues to dominate public discussion about the techniques authorized by the Bush Administration, the batons in rectums, the panties on heads, the smearings of menstrual 'blood,' the electrical wires, the rapes, the pilings of naked men on top of each other and the murdered bodies should not be forgotten quite so readily.
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