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also smokey
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as in sooty
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Recent Examples of smoky
Choose a small jar candle or votive in a seasonal fragrance like pumpkin chai, smoky cedar, or caramel apple, like TikTok creator Kimberly Vuong (@kimberllyvuong) added to her mini Boo Basket.
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Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2025
The mural features a smoky blue eyeshadow, contrasting with the three shades of red making up the hair.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
It-girl energy that refuses to fade—from lacey slips to pencil skirts and smudgy, smoky eyeliner, the codes of that decade still define what’s cool.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2025
Bieber is known for creating soft lines in her makeup, often blurring out her lip liner with her fingers before topping it with a signature gloss, and opting for light, smoky brown eye makeup rather than bold liner.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2025
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Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2025
The mural features a smoky blue eyeshadow, contrasting with the three shades of red making up the hair.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
It-girl energy that refuses to fade—from lacey slips to pencil skirts and smudgy, smoky eyeliner, the codes of that decade still define what’s cool.
—Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2025
Bieber is known for creating soft lines in her makeup, often blurring out her lip liner with her fingers before topping it with a signature gloss, and opting for light, smoky brown eye makeup rather than bold liner.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoky
Adjective
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Give Palestine your voice, and when your voice goes hoarse, hang your flags, wear your keffiyeh.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
18 Sep. 2025
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And when your voice goes hoarse, hang your flags, wear your keffiyeh.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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By the closer — a grim, sooty final reckoning with the events of June 13 — the colourful escapism of the Uphaar’s Bollywood posters suddenly looks half a world away.—
Mike McCahill,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2023
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Carbon condenses into sooty dust in the rapidly whirling wind, which glows in infrared light that is invisible to the human eye.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
12 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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The star’s lower, huskier baritone voice has always made an impact in BTS’ music with the star citing the likes of Bing Crosby, Eric Benet and Ruben Studdard as inspirations.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Carpenter is plainly a student of Parton’s, evoking her pinup styling (voluminous hair, big red lips), her persona (sharp with a knowing wink), and her voice, which is rich and husky and accompanied by a country lilt.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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It-girl energy that refuses to fade—from lacey slips to pencil skirts and smudgy, smoky eyeliner, the codes of that decade still define what’s cool.—
Beatrice Zocchi,
Vogue,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This pays off to some extent because Day-Lewis is such a mesmerizing presence, Ray’s gruff manner and terse communications hinting at dark mysteries to be revealed.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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Panday plays a convincingly gruff tortured artist alongside Padda’s struggling ingenue, and most of the screen time is devoted to their pairing instead of introducing tertiary excess.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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So the idea of him playing someone who’s a little rougher and grittier and just completely relentless appealed to him.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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This medium-sized toad has large reddish-brown eyes and a rough skin texture.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Smoky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoky. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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