slathering

present participle of slather

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of slathering In short, slathering exosomes onto your face after microneedling and lasers may reduce healing time and improve skin quality. Victoria Moorhouse, Allure, 1 Oct. 2025
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Verb
  • Elsewhere, Mussolini’s goons beat to death a Catholic member of Parliament who refused to bend, the blood from his face and hands smearing the alley wall like stigmata.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • After smearing Tylenol, the president's unscripted remarks quickly veered into an incoherent rant linking vaccines to autism as well.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But there is a distinction, Kutwala said, between flying flags from one’s own property and daubing paint across the town.
    Olivia Kemp, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Slathering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slathering. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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