smutting

present participle of smut

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smutting
Verb
  • 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
  • Ciarlo has been a beauty aficionado from her early age of sneaking into her mother's makeup drawer and smearing Joker-esque lipstick on her face.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • China’s is arguably the most important; whatever the world’s most-polluting country does will determine the planet’s climate trajectory.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Transition finance, where financial firms actively pursue opportunities to fund polluting companies’ emissions reductions, has become a hot area.
    Justin Worland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An extra help is lip pencil, which can be useful to outline the contour of the mouth and avoid smudging.
    Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Morelo recounted hateful reactions to his art, including people smudging out and scribbling over his spots.
    Max Bacall , Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • High-Heat-Safe Alternatives While enameled cast-iron cookware is excellent to use for braising, roasting, baking, or gentle stovetop cooking, certain high heat applications like searing steak or blackening fish are best done in other types of pans, like traditional cast iron or stainless steel.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Each footstep sent up clouds of dust and ash, coating everything, including my mouth and teeth, in fine grit, blackening my snot and saliva.
    River Selby August 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • It was filed as the White House has taken steps to exert influence in unprecedented ways on the department, blurring the line between law and politics at an agency where independence in prosecutorial decision-making is a foundational principle.
    Eric Tucker, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The move means crucial jobs data will not be released on schedule, clouding the outlook for the Federal Reserve just weeks ahead of its next meeting.
    Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Unspoken resentment clouding a connection?
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The problem is, people were drinking a lot of bad ones, sullying their opinion of the drink.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Any area where people are touching the same surfaces can be a risk, and people can get infected from touching items in those areas.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The broad market index started the day modestly higher, touching a new all-time intraday high, before fizzling a bit and trading near the flatline.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Smutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smutting. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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