| 单词 | smear |
| 例句 | The images slipped away in smears of light, like raindrops racing down a car window. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Blood smeared the half-man’s muzzle and more black blood ran sticky down his chest, slashes from machete cuts. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z That means our fingers, if you're wondering why there are food smears on this letter. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Our hair is shiny, every strand in place, our lips pink, our teeth smeared with Vaseline to make them glow. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I started to get up, but before I could, the fullback stretched out my goggles from my face, scooped up a handful of mud, and smeared it in my eyes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair stuck out in every direction and her face was smeared with mud, the pattern almost ritualistic-looking. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I was so nervous, all I could think about was the smear of ketchup on my cream sweater. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The hall was dark and briny, the couples smeared with soot and joy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The balm Mama smeared on my cuts and bruises made them feel a little better, though. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In her mind’s eye, she could see in the distance, off toward the west, the grayish smear of cliffs cutting through the forest. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I ask, smearing a little extra butter on my crust and giving it to Boomer, who has been sniffing around the turkey waiting to be stuffed on the counter. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I remember the catalogue from the first show, done on a mimeo machine, smeared and illegible, its poverty a badge of authenticity. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She crushed the clay between two rocks and made a thick paste with water to smear over the outside of the boat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It opened easily, and she smeared the healing paste thickly on her wound. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I wonder whether evidence is being washed away, whether right at this moment vital clues are disappearing forever: smears of blood, footprints, DNA-loaded cigarette butts. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When Vivi gets down on her knees to sort through a tangle of earrings, I have a terror that she will glance beneath my bed and see some smear of blood I have missed cleaning. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Black makeup is smeared under her eyes like a football player. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I squash them against the glass, leaving red smears of my own blood. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The smears of blood on the wall looked like someone had been writing, and then rubbed it away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her makeup, normally so careful, was wild and smeared. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z A streak of slime smeared across his lip as he swiped and pinched and dug just enough for it to count as a dig, but not enough for it to count as diggin'. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The left one is smeared, as though he forgot about it and wiped his eye. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And for Andrecito, who still calls me Mama, even at age four, I take a photo from his first birthday party, cake smeared everywhere. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I wipe some of the paint from my face, slowly, and then smear it on his cheek. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z What I could not clean up with the gaff—the smells and the smears—I rinsed with buckets of water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I am smeared in soil, and I have just made a fool of myself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We knew that a gray, foggy smear of invisible vuvv was everywhere around us, watching, peering at us, checking our eyes for a hint of boredom or anger or failed desire. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Too tired to mix the saffron-colored powder into the hard cake of oleo, she simply smeared the white stuff on the bread and sprinkled the sugar over it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She wiped her hand across her forehead, smearing flour across her brow. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Instead I stare through them and watch my surroundings smear together. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z With an alphabet on the hearth at my feet for reference, I contrived in an hour or two to print and smear this epistle:— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Over a dozen insects were already smeared on the white wall when he let Meggie out into the corridor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I know this because some time ago, maybe a year ago, maybe two, maybe ten, I tried to talk to a child with rouge on his cheeks and eyes smeared black. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere up there is the chair I sat in while I was running the attack simulation, and a smear of Tris’s father’s blood on the wall. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Simon turned away, smearing the water from his cheeks. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Now it was confirmed: the red light from its eye cast a creepy glow on six capital letters smeared across the torso, as if they had been written with blood: WICKED. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z “Sorry, little friend,” he said to the gray smear. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I stared at our speckled linoleum while Dad told us how the baby had been lifted from its mother’s arms, its face smeared with her blood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her mascara is streaming, her lipstick smeared across her chin. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Then she takes the gooey pillow and smears it cross the windows and walls. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Three times his space suit had been punctured and his skin broken and the cut smeared with animal blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while, we’re tired out, and he’s sitting in the middle of the floor sucking on banana skins with banana smeared all over his face, like a messy gorilla. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Jay soon had smears of paint on his overalls and down his arms, so at least I wasn’t alone. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Inspection complete,” he said, wiping a smear of butter off the side of his face. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Hickock removed the spectacles she was wearing, polished the smeared lenses and resettled them on her pudgy, agreeable face. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that they could not see color, and that their flesh, as well as Gabriel’s light golden curls, would be no more than smears of gray against the colorless foliage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “The same genius,” Mr. Muckle went on, “whose careless sleep habits resulted in a newspaper article that unfairly smeared the good name and reputation of Mother Paula? Was that you?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk the cracked sidewalk side by side, our clothes smeared with Edward’s blood, now dry. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Puffy brown cheeks are smeared with rouge and powder. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I wish I could control it, but the plates of flowers are now blue smears from my near tears. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Her tiger paint smears and her mom yells at her. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Every time they share a glance, every nanosecond of incidental contact, I want to smear papier-mâché over my eyeballs and let it dry so I never have to see them again. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Iofur’s armor was in a pitiful state by this time, the plates torn and distorted, the gold inlay torn out or smeared thickly with blood, and his helmet gone altogether. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Great smears of orange, blue, red, and green covered the black canvas above, as though a divine painter had attacked it with wild fury. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The parts not smeared with rain or maybe tears, I guess. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She gets mascara in her eye and rubs it, smearing mascara across her face. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and sunsets smeared with too much color. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Sudden screams pierced the quiet and startled me so that I dropped my pen, blotting my words with smeared ink. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At least I don’t have to worry about the camera lens being smeared. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Gum Baby picked at a smear of sap on her pants. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z All I knew was that it involved an egg, so I imagined they used a cooked one—likely fried—which left the recipient greasy and smeared with yolk. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I follow the bumpy edges of buildings with my eyes until all the lit windows smear into a line. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z There was a smear of blood across the mouth of it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He studied the sculpture, then suddenly reached over and smeared off Shakespeare’s mouth with his thumb. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I dropped a bit of blue paint on the bottom by accident, so I smeared it and made a river. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z By a rock on the bank were smears of blood, marking where Anna’s body had lain. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I looked and saw that there were many tiny bits of walnut meat scattered about; some of them had been smeared into grease spots on the clean, white pine boards. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z His father inspected the red smear thoughtfully, then showed it to her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Daisy's face was smeared with tears and when I came in she jumped up and began wiping at it with her handkerchief before a mirror. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z There was a concrete bird- bath and tons of feeders—hollowed-out gourds and rows of big pinecones sitting everywhere, each one smeared with peanut butter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Neumann One’s vibrating leg shakes the truck lightly, and the sun flares through the remnants of insects smeared across the windows, and a cold wind sets the whole field rustling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Everyone laughed and screamed and began smearing each other with yolk, chasing each other up and down the house, rocking its frame with their stamping feet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It was unbroken, although the crystal was stained and smeared with mud and the blood from what the cliff-ghasts had been eating before they found it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then he turned Ranofer about and very gently smeared the mixture on his shoulders, where the fires still burned. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Twin trails of black mascara, mixed with tears, had rolled down his cheeks, smeared the rouge. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Amaka ran her hand over the railings, smearing the water droplets. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z While Mam is out in the lavatory we open a bottle and smear it on our heads. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She put her finger to her face and to her surprise felt a warm, wet smear, and in the dim light she saw the dark shade of blood on her fingertips. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Kevin lay half on top of me, holding me, smearing himself with my blood and his own. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But watching him as he moved, she heard the sound of the scraping chain against the floor, and she could see behind him a smeared, darkened trail of his blood. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z An hour later he emerges, smeared with grease and chaff but successful. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And her lipstick was smeared so bad it looked like she had four lips. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Her makeup is smeared under her eyes, and her giant orange-blond curls are starting to fall flat. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Her dress was smeared with grease stains from Leo’s tool belt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Later, the windows of the bright yellow buses they used to bring kids in would be smeared with black paint. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There was a red smear on the dial. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The kids called the game “smear the queer.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t need snail slime in my hair; I already had it smeared across my life. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was crusty all right, but it was still sticky enough to smear. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Ms. Kline, if it’s all right with you, could you please not talk for the rest of the ride?” my father said bluntly, dirt smeared across his forehead. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, we slice peeled bananas the long way and smear peanut butter onto the flat sides like glue. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Then his fingers would tighten, and when he opened his hand again, the fly would be only a red smear on his palm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His ferrety face was smeared with soot and his quiver was almost empty, but he was smiling like he was having a great time. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Her jacket was smeared in grime and monster dust, but she managed to get to her feet and stagger off. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There’s a smear of blood across her cheek, and more of it on the white of her headdress. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, after the briefest pause, he let go of the photo itself, the image of the woman still compelling, though smeared and oily. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He took diem and tried to clean them and smeared them with jittery fingers. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He has a bucket and is washing the slurs from his window, smearing the yellow paint into huge wet circles. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Tinkerbell’s once perfect little nose had completely disappeared, and her saucy red lips had been replaced with an ugly, lopsided smear. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But now that he’s rich, he can afford to smear real paint on canvases. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I turn to stare unfocused out the window, the side of the road becoming a sand-colored smear. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack had said it was a battle wound and smeared a cherry popsicle on himself for fake blood. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The Nuer tribe in the Sudan went so far as to smear stuffed animals with their mother’s urine, to give the counterfeit calves a familiar, live scent. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She stirred it together, then smeared it on my face and hands. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There was a ghost of a smile on his face as he watched the sky melt into a smear of tangerine. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She planted a kiss on his cheek, leaving two red, lipsticked smears. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped his finger, smearing the cream onto the surface of the table. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Barefoot atop the peach- colored mound, their faces smeared with dirt, they quickly scoop the sawdust into rusty tin cans and dump it into big white plastic bags. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Late the next morning, Jam was twisting her hair in her bedroom, smearing whipped shea butter on her palms and applying it in sections while soca music played over her speakers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Irene took a step toward me, put her hand on my arm, a little of that greasy mud smearing my shirt. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z A wild smear of his thumb for the brush. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She smiles, her lips a weak yellow smear across her face. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Maybe Beto would save her a bit of flaky crust with a smear of fruit filling like he sometimes did. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was hard because the words were smudged and smeared, just like she said. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The accounts of the initial encounters between Indians and Europeans are windows into the past, even if the glass is smeared and distorted by the chroniclers’ prejudices and misapprehensions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Blood was smeared across the side of his face. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Pages had been ripped out of Drum magazine and used as toilet paper, crusty stains smearing the print. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He sat up, and touched his neck, looking at the blood that smeared his fingers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Bronwyn was terrifying: She bellowed like a barbarian, the veins in her neck bulging, with Millard’s blood smeared all over her arms and back. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “You are bleeding,” he said, and rubbed a smear of her blood between his fingers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a crystal cradle there, and a rocking chair, and on the floor a smear of what looked like blood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She has red face paint smeared over her eyes. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He touched his upper lip where she pointed, and brought his hand away smeared with bright blood. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Lee smeared his face and hands with jimsonweed ointment and smoked a succession of pungent cigars, which kept the worst at bay. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Following his gaze, he turned around to find half a dozen fellows from the shell house standing in a semicircle, holding their dirty plates out to him, grins smeared across their faces. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She started catcalling at the female demons: “Your makeup is smeared! Your friend called you ugly! That one is making a face behind your back!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At first everyone was a smear of color and sound. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He was dabbling his hand in the duck grease and smearing it underneath his head- bandage. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And her mascara had smeared completely, as if she had been crying. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Her mouth was open, her eyes closed, her sallow face smeared with dirt. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z My trousers are tom and smeared with dirt—my boots’ leather is flaking off. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Standing at the door was a Jewish man with an unnatural heavy smear of eyebrow, who caught my eyes as we advanced, and said, when we came up with him,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z She now had a smear of chocolate ice cream all around her lips. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The wipers smeared the rain from side to side. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Just before we went to bed each night we were given a slice of bread smeared with molasses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z More stars than I had ever seen smeared the frozen sky. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Beaver asked Roz to dig a trench here, to place large stones there, to arrange logs this way, to smear mud that way. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She smeared the white cream over her face, arms, and legs until it disappeared into her skin. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z An insect crushed itself against the windshield, leaving a yellow, mucous smear. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Try not to smear the make-up. It’s for getting through the checkpoints.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When I go to the bathroom, I see a smear of reddish brown on my underwear. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He smeared more and more mud into his wound. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In Miller's aerial photo the mountain looked particularly sinister: a huge fin of exfoliated stone, dark and smeared with ice. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Running over the bottom edge of the crown so that when Balekin had lifted it, his hands had been smeared red. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The tremors and convulsions of the patient may smear or splatter blood around. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood still, watching Turner crumpled, holding himself, his face coated with the dust of the road, his white shirt smeared with blood. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z When Root saw early drawings of the Auditorium, he said it appeared as if Sullivan were about to “smear another façade with ornament.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The sour aunt smeared the goo on till it was used up and my ankle completely clagged. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He sank back to the ground, his blood- smeared body trembling while he wiggled his stub tail and tried to lick my hog-cut leg. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z As I hung it on its hook, I noticed a smear of chocolate on the left arm, where Trotter had punched me. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Things that people have touched, such as parking meters and door handles, all have colored smears on them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A roll of crisp white parchment sealed with golden wax, a few short words and a smear of blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A trail of blood, smeared and blotted, followed him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We smeared extra honey on it— Father was not going to take chances. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Her makeup was just a little smeared around her eyes. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The slave catcher threw his body to smear her into the ground. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They looked like black lightning against a sky smeared with raspberry jam. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z He nods, melted chocolate smearing the lower half of his face like a painted beard. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z All that’s left are the smears of blood on the floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She wondered briefly how hungry he must have been to come in here at all, when she looked at the gray counter and the smeared glass bowl over a plate of doughnuts. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Then, creeping up to Hyena, he smeared the mud all over the sleeping creature’s legs. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Blood smeared against the crystal, and Taisin was stunned by the strength of the woman’s rage. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I don’t remember the journey from the entrance to the morgue, really, just a few smeared images and whatever sound I can make out through the barrier that has gone up inside my head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When I pulled them back on they were smeared with blood. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She tries to wipe the blood away with her sleeve but it’s wool and spreads the blood till the whole side of the Pope’s face is smeared. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was smeared with mud and the torn rag was dangling from the gap he had stuffed it into. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He smeared it all over his meat loaf. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z "What the hell!" he yelled, smearing his finger over one of the samples. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her lipstick was smeared and she was close to tears. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Black stick fingers smeared yellow paste on his eyebrows, stinging him awake. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Tufts of sea oats waved gently in the breeze, and the blue sky was smeared with white clouds to match our outfits. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The steel jaws and the snowy ground were smeared with blood. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Occasionally children of two and three years of age would emerge from behind the hill with their faces smeared and their breath reeking. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She drops to the ground, her face still blood- smeared from the fight, her back soaking wet, her body quivering. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A bit of red smeared the back of his hand. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Then he smeared some molasses above his top lip, making a sticky brown mustache. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z There was a woman sitting in a chair, her sideburns and chin smeared with dark golden wax, and there were two beautiful young women lying naked from the waist down, having their bikini lines done. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A rectangle of glass with blood smeared on it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks at his hand—at the blood and the dirt and the smear. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Cole dug with his fingers and brought mud up to smear onto his swollen neck and face. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He wipes his hand on his nose, smearing his face with vomit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Dupre looked at me and kicked something—a pound of butter, sending it smearing across the hot street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He did take the time to smear the mud on the upper part of the trail while his sister waited by the bridge. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The LED glowpaint smeared on Nailer’s forehead gave a dim green phosphorescent view of the service ducts that made up his world. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was all over my hands and pinafore, smeared across the counter and the pump handle, and there were streaks of it stuck in my hair. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Equally, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle implies that particles behave in some respects like waves: they do not have a definite position but are “smeared out” with a certain probability distribution. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dentures were very bright; there was a smear of grape jelly on one of her fake incisors. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Her leg was wounded, and blood was smeared across her forehead, but yes, she was smiling at him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Luna cried, grabbing cake by the handful, smearing multicolored icing across her face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The king scrawled his signature blindly, leaving a smear of blood across the letter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lourdes fired her after she found Pilar in her bassinet smeared with chicken blood and covered with bay leaves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That day I sat in his classroom for nearly two hours, crying over my notebook, smearing the ink on the pages. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The edge was smeared dark, like it had been scraping tar “Eech!” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The buljol was salty in her mouth, smeared smooth with avocado, small crunches of onion and toast fragments. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I stuck my finger into the earth and, before she could stop me, smeared a streak across Chasca’s cheek. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Her face had broken out in a sweat, heavy enough to smear her makeup, and I felt a stab of irritation go through me at the sight of it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I scrape the yuck off the top of the bun, and smear it on top of Char’s hamburger. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the women work frantically to ugly themselves up by smearing black charcoal paste on their faces and bodies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes my memory feels like a smeared photograph. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He then led me into the rear room of the office, which turned out to be a tiny factory filled with many strange machines smeared with red dust. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her stomach roiled and heaved, yet she kept on, her face smeared with the heartsblood that sometimes seemed to explode against her lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Their faces were smeared with soot and full of horror, and not because of the flames that had been licking around Capricorn's house, for they had put those out. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It took the sea a day to wash off the oily smears from the sides of the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z White, tight reptilian skin smeared with gore, clawed hands and feet, their faces a mess of conflicting features. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She dyed her hair black and this intensified her already severe features, especially her eyebrows, which she smeared on each morning in thick, inky arches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And I can see some smears on the mirror—it's my spit, not invisible now. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes glared, and dark rings circled them, like he had smeared mud there. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Through the schoolhouse window, framed by two of the older cabins—their whitewash smeared to gray, worn down like those who slept inside them—Cora huddled with her favorite at the starting line. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Crusted around his nose and eyes, smearing across his cheeks. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Winston had a glimpse of her face, upside down, yellow and contorted, with the eyes shut, and still with a smear of rouge on either cheek; and that was the last he saw of her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The page is a little damp and has a smear of something orange on it. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z I pressed my nose against the glass and cupped my hands around my eyes to stop reflections, and saw a bucket smeared with a dry brown crust. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When I think of the smear of silver paint on his face and the way his hand had slid on my hip, I guess he was well on his way there when I saw him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She blew a puff of air over her face, so forceful it lifted her hair, which was not easy to do considering the amount of lacquer she kept smeared on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother got a pail of water and a towel and took me by the hand and led me to a smeared window. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Up close it was a strange, crude-looking thing, its head a stump of rounded clay, its face a smeared thumbprint. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Honorata sat on her bed, eyes dark and unreadable, lipstick smeared like a wound. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But by the end of the day everybody was smeared with blood like creepy, happy ghouls, and I couldn’t bear to be one of them myself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A lipstick in the ugliest shade of coral, which she smeared all over her mouth, puckering her lips and prancing around my room, telling me to kiss her. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z On one page titled “To Reverse Glamour,” many lines were crossed out, and the ink had been smeared and blotted several times as if her mother had been trying different combinations. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m surprised I don’t see more of the mango-colored smear along the floors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Zohra wipes her lipstick off with a tissue, and it smears a bit, like clown makeup. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z They would put the used bandage off to the side, wadded and covered with smears of blood and yellow stuff and little pieces of burned skin. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I can tell because I keep finding a whitish smear in my panties, and Mother predicted it would start soon. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Kendra smeared sunblock across her arms, disliking the greasy feel of the lotion against her skin. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The toilet is running over, the drunks have smeared some of its contents on a wall, and the stench is overpowering. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Me: IT sits on my table, ITs leg smears my chalk drawing, blurring the roots into a mossy fog. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Only a small smear of blood stains my shirt. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The silver-blue light matches the smear of stars across the sky, showing us the dirt path I’m so used to walking every day. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z His eyes glistened with the ointment smeared over them. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I can’t forget the rifle grease smeared on the hilt of the knife that killed my brother. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z "Too long. You'll starve yourself. Meera dribbled a little water down your throat, and we smeared honey on your mouth, but it is not enough." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Jonas popped another fry into his mouth, leaving a smear of gravy like a question mark on his chin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z With ashen faces, some of the younger, prettier girls reach into the bags we have vomited into and scoop out handfuls of it to smear on their hair and clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Toronto is behind us, a smear of brownish air on the horizon, like smoke from a distant burning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I was drying my hands on that towel in his bathroom, and it was a white towel, and then it was smeared with dirt, and I thought, ‘Good.’ A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When the heat made her faint, she awoke with her head smeared into a rafter, her neck feeling like a chicken’s after Alice the cook tried to wring it for supper. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Her pink housedress was covered in scorch marks and smears of ash. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Both have smears of red and yellow powder on the glass over their foreheads. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He found the signs of stalking, the sign of a pounce, and a smear of fresh blood trailing into the bush. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sloth’s scavenge features peered through the duct hole, an LED smear on her forehead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She brought me back to the hut, where with an herbally treated razor blade she nicked two vertical cuts below each of my eyes and then smeared some strange ointment along the cuts. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Blood spurted out and knocked the smile off the pale face, but did not stop the man from coming and coming, all the time wiping blood from his face and smearing it on his shirt. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Red juice stain was smeared all over their snouts. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he smeared the wound with some dark stuff out of a small wooden box. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Frank had a big smear of the black sludge down his face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I have been curled up with my back against the wall for at least a half hour, listening to the roaring wind and watching the city smear past us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Some smeared their heads with filth and tried to get me to smell them. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z His clothes were smeared with mud and vomit. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And lots of those plastic coffee drink domes smeared with whipped cream and smudges of caramel sauce glop. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z I smear peanut butter on crackers for him—after confirming he’s not allergic—and serve them with a glass of iced tea. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He was coughing and smearing the paint about his eyes with the back of his hand as he tried to see through the increasing smoke. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z By the time they got to the top the sun was dipping lower, smearing the sky with color, and Rishi was trying his best not to look like he was dying. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It’s as long as my littlest finger and smeared with my blood. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She used her own nail to scrape out the dirt beneath his nails, and smeared it across her palm. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He didn't know what the yellow soft thing they smeared on the toast was, because in Calormen you nearly always get oil instead of butter. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I did the dishes, swept dust and candy wrappers out from underneath the couch, mopped the living room floor, wiped the bathroom sink clean of my toothpaste smears, and even made my bed. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He was smearing the oozing resin on the gourd. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He wiped his forehead with a cloth, leaving a gray paint smear across his skin. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When I drift away from the fire to find a place to throw down my sleeping bag, the first faint smear of dawn is already bleaching the rim of the northeastern sky. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t suppose you have a seal, or ring or anything like that?” she asked as she smeared the wax across the top of the bottle’s stopper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There was a smear of blood on her calf. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He carries with him a handful of mud, which he smears over the center of Prince Dain’s chest, just above his heart. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My hand is smeared with blood when I rub her where the flies have landed. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He placed one of his stocky fingers on my cheek, then pressed it to the back of his own hand, leaving a faint green smear. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Twice, a fifth-year rakes Frederick’s field glasses and smears the lenses with excrement. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Her face is really puffy and shiny; it looks like someone smeared Vaseline under her eyes. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His face, smeared with the sticky candy, was alight with excitement. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer took out a bit of powdered paint and spit on it, mixing it in his palm, before smearing it over the mark. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Fist smeared honey on Trashman’s fingers and stuck a chicken feather to them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A black man in a white coat came up to me, jerked my right arm, and smeared it above the elbow with an acid ointment. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Maddy, who was too young to really care about any of this, listened in, cupcake icing smeared all over her chin. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Sandalwood paste smeared her swelling hips, under her breasts were dark painted shadows which gave them sensuous depth, the nipples were tipped with red. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She was in her pajamas, speaking on the phone while smearing pale green cream all over her face. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z After returning to camp from his swim, Cole smeared lotion on his sore and blistered hands. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Diego dipped his finger into a puddle of leftover sauce and smeared it down my nose. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z One long finger stabbed at the torn sheet, smearing the still-wet ink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The sweat from his palms made the ink in his name smear. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Knowing I’d drawn blood, I smeared my thumb across the glass and spoke a binding. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And with the amount of grease smeared onto his shirt, I’m not offended. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We make the polish out of anything we can find, like old pig grease and palm smear. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m taken to the doctor’s once a month, for tests: urine, hormones, cancer smear, blood test; the same as before, except that now it’s obligatory. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z At my table, Naomi leaned over and dabbed delicately at a ketchup smear on the side of Cap’s mouth. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Red smears painted parts of the discarded drywall. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The ones marked with orange smears had the muzzlelike masks over their faces. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Sandy asked, squinting at the pictures through his smeared glasses. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And from just above, a star blasts a trail across the night sky—like a visor of fire on Libby’s head—leaving it glowing a finger-painted smear, something human and touchable and reachable. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Beaver scooped up handfuls of the resin and smeared it all over the wooden foot and the vines until everything was glistening with stickiness. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Calvin says, “Try them out. You can smudge them and smear them. If you want to.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He looked about the hallway and to the landing below, at the champagne glasses and half-eaten samosas and napkins smeared with lipstick abandoned in every comer, on every available surface. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Outside, the afternoon was a riot of noise, movement, and color, smeared to shades of red and gray. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z To my left sunshine poured through a window, lighting up the rouge smears and making the factory look garish, violent, dangerous. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The blade still has dried blood smeared on it here and there, my blood, Spackle blood, but the rest of it still shines, shimmering and flickering, flickering and shimmering. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z About then, Mary Toy noticed the black that was smearing off her hair onto her sweaty arms. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Murky, speculative stuff, a smear campaign on a dead woman. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Moon Orchid called out; sure enough, a girl smeared with ink said, “Yes?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled his gap-toothed smile, and behind the snot and tears and dirt smeared across his face, his eyes glowed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was awake this time, looking up, out the window and at the smear of stars across the dark blue sky. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Blood wicked into his shirt and smeared over his neck and jaw. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She spotted a rusty-looking streak in the wall of stone and coaxed the board closer, but it turned out to be just a slimy smear of lichen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Blood is everywhere, smeared across their faces and clothes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z When I got to the kitchen, Mom was smearing butter on toast. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Their carbon preparation was a paint-like graphite suspension known as Aquadag, which they smeared onto probes for insertion into the cyclotron tank to be bathed in the deuteron beam for days at a time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I wipe the black smear off my face. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I try to ignore how his muddy hiking boots smear the starched white sheets. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He wore a jumpsuit smeared with oil and grime. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A smear of rouge, a pat of powder. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z But the roots of their hate and fear were too deep, and Lazlo saw hints of revulsion as their confusion smeared one feeling into the next. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Grandpop was standing at the counter, using a spoon to smear peanut butter on the side of an apple. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The smear of rouge that was still on each cheekbone stood out sharply, almost as though unconnected with the skin beneath. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Panting heavily, his jaw bruised and his leg bleeding, the agent crawled toward the beauty queen and smeared her mouth with the Mind’s Flower fruit, torn from a neighboring plant. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He smears the masticated leaf all over Haye’s body, and then packs it with mossy soil. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The clear jar lay on top of the heap, its sides still smeared thick with the creamy prize. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The bottoms of his pants legs were wet, and mud clung to his shoes and smeared his hands. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Their bodies were smeared with oil so that their hands slid as they tried to grasp at each other. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His very best friend was a Negro abstractionist, he said, who made magnificent smears of protest and defiance across the canvas, sometimes slashing the canvas to shreds with a knife. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was in two pieces, with honey smeared between them. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s toasted her hamburger bun and smeared avocado on each side, added red onions from the salad bar and what I think are sunflower seeds. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I could see myself a few metres in, slumped against the wall, my head in my hands, and both head and hands smeared with blood. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Bast mixed the salve and smeared the foul-smelling concoction onto the scribe’s shoulder before wrapping a bandage around it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The first day she began the process she secretly smeared her breasts with red pepper and then invited my brother to suckle. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A bandage stretches across her forehead, and blood smears her clothes in the shape of fingers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And the letter was sealed with a smear of hard pink wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Ray checked his face in the flip-down mirror and wiped away a smear of cream cheese caught in the corner of his mouth. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z September 13 Neighbors Eggs explode like smears of snot on our front door. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The old woman dabbed a smear of honey off her lips, gave Qezza and Grazhar each a parting kiss upon the brow, and fastened her silken veil across her face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I looked outside at Mrs. O’Leary, who was breathing against the glass doors and smearing them with hellhound drool. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He could smash and smear and disappear them. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Then he grabbed Oomen’s jaw, his gloves leaving red smears on the enforcer’s chin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She was working on a tan—smearing Coppertone all over her face and arms and aiming her face at the sun. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z My arms, stomach, and face are smeared with it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z His war paint was smeared and his feathers were crooked. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She washes them with soapy water and smears them with a yellow ointment. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was blood down the front of her sweater and smeared on one of the sleeves. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I looked around at the crowd, a smear of people rooting for their friend or son or brother or teammate. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Outside, the sky glowed around the edges, moving from a rosy pink above Isihlangu to an angry red smear on the western horizon. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The residue of the human spirit smeared on inanimate objects was all he could withstand of humanity. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “You came home practically naked yesterday, smeared with faerie fruit. Isn’t that bad enough? Don’t you care?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Which meant I had to wear that ugly black smear on my forehead the rest of the day. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He pointed out some granular smears across a section of the scan. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In her bathroom, she carefully smeared the protective gel around her hairline before she began to slather the creamy relaxer on her hair, section by section, her fingers in plastic gloves. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The stuff was everywhere, We piled in gritty drifts by the side doors of houses, wafting up from the chimneys as oily smoke, smeared on the overalls of men walking to work. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But when he applied the same process to his face, he succeeded only in smearing his entire countenance with a more even layer of shiny black grease. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He held it carefully because his hands were sweaty and he didn’t want to smear the writing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Blue-filtered daylight shone from a row of unreachable windows, beyond which was the street, a smear of indistinct gray. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Enough of her makeup had smeared away that he could see the bruises. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Lawrence’s statement had the curious effect of undermining both the other witnesses, while placing his own credibility at the service of a smear of Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z His hands were covered with three layers of rubber and then smeared with blood and hot agent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked moss out of my hair and tried in vain to brush the mud from my pants, but succeeded only in smearing it, making me look like some bog creature vomited from the earth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A smear of dried blood traced his cheekbone, and a small moist trickle leaked out of his nose. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Thomas couldn’t help taking a peek—he saw a smear of bright red on one of the creatures’ bodies. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Only then will we be able to see them individually and not as smears or streaks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He touched it gingerly and drew his hand away smeared with blood. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Even when he smears soap lather over them, I don’t feel anything. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I rotated the bottle around and saw, unambiguously, a tiny smear of blue spray paint on the outside of the bottle. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Baby Girl done smeared mud and grass all across her front. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I hide and try not to smell like a human. I’ve even smeared cedar boughs and ashes all over my body, but I still haven’t seen the Spirit Bear again.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z We both glance at each other and shrug before dipping our fingers in and smearing the Vaseline across our smiles. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Darling,” Mrs. Levy began, but Miss Trixie had fallen asleep on her side, her creamed face smearing the couch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Turns out I’d had a bloody nose. It was smeared over both of our faces.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The fabric is stiff and stained a brown so deep it’s almost black, except for a few smears of green. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Crackers with a smear of mustard and a tiny bit of ham. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z The spray coated the fields and the flowers and smeared the faces of the workers and the spectators. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Mascara is smeared over my cheekbones, and I have a cut on my lower lip. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not at all like him to be uncombed and to have his glasses smeared like that. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Immigrants smear themselves with garlic to throw her off. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Others took a more direct approach and smeared his face with honey. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Their frozen breaths clouded the waxy smear of light. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Jack, his face smeared with clays, reached the top first and hailed Ralph excitedly, with lifted spear. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She dabbed at the smears with the cuff of her shirt. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He put his hand on the glass, smearing it with whatever foul fluid passed for his sweat. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Her smear of blue eye shadow is an unheard call to the person she always wanted to be. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A light-haired man with blood smeared on his arm turned from a shoving match and grabbed at her as she hurried by. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Héctor found a boy to chase him around a tree, and Alicia crawled to a sand puddle where she and other toddlers smeared one another with the fine red dirt. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When a hungry pigeon tries to steal a bit of hamburger bun smeared with ketchup, Nate rushes at the poor bird and sends it squawking. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Her makeup was smeared and it looked like scary Halloween paint. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The windows were smeared with grime, so you couldn’t see out. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Send the empty cans down a trash chute, pocket the full ones for later, flip sofa cushions smeared with blood, wipe traces of gel from the tiles. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This ink is amazing, it really doesn’t smear even when you cry on it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Waiting for her on the table was hot-water corn bread smeared with the apple preserves. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He mixed the photos like a little kid mixes playing cards, smearing them together with the flats of his hands. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And it’s too embarrassing, smearing snot across my upper lip and struggling to hold my balance on one foot, while my whole family is watching. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I smiled at him and smeared oatmeal on my tray. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The baby doll’s white skin had been painted the color of midnight, with thick cherry-red lipstick smeared over its small mouth. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Tasha stood there with "Are you serious?" smeared across her face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Olanna did not look up from the bowl smeared with mashed bananas because she did not want him to see her face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He stands at the head of the table, which is covered with paint drops, crayon marks, and ink smears over uneven wood. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I smear it with medicine and wrap it up. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The forest was largely made up of pines and spruce, with stands of some low brush smeared here and there and thick grass and some other kind of very small brush all over. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Druggett was a frightening man to me, his clothes always covered in burns and smears, his head wound in a bandage that, he claimed, fastened his brain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Amazingly, Finn had forgotten what Roza had done to free them until he saw the dark smear on the beast’s reddish fur. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The wind howled about the bus, and the wipers slooshed heavily back and forth across the windshield, smearing the city into a red and yellow neon wetness. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, without supervision, my little cousins had begun balancing on logs, patting mudcakes, enjoying the holiday of smearing their dresses and darkening their white socks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "We used his specs," said Simon, smearing a black cheek with his forearm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The scalpel blade, smeared with liver cells and blood, went deep into his thumb. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He smears on cooling antiseptic cream with his fingertips. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z When I looked back over my shoulder, my trail was marked by a smear of blood in every other footprint. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her broken ups left a smear of blood on his forehead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I still can’t go in Henry’s bathroom. Blood smeared on the porcelain. Henry’s straight razor swinging from a peg. We were bruised and scratched to pieces.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The bathroom is smeared with fingerprints and painted dingy white, not the most flattering light. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He fell down and got up and stumbled after her, his red face all smeared with dirt and blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Chinese smeared bad daughters-in-law with honey and tied them naked on top of ant nests,” my father said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Rotten vegetables carpeted the bare concrete and maggot-infested meat smeared the brick walls. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z My reflection in the mirror catches my eye; my makeup from the tournament earlier now looks smeared and smoky, dampened by the rain, and my hair hangs in wet strands of color. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z From a jar a soldier took a sweetsmelling paste and smeared it on my back along the shoulder blades. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I wouldn’t have done that, for fear of smearing, but now nothing comes off. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede glanced down at herself and laughed; the entire front of her, from her chest down to her knees, was smeared with dark brown. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There’s a dribble of sauce smeared down Connor’s chin, because he’s getting too excited and keeps missing his mouth as he eats. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Kaede’s fingers were smeared with salt and lightly greased with oil from the bread. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Blurs on the horizon became ships, became bow and stern and the smears of faces. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Then I noticed Mom seemed upset—her eyes were slightly red, and her mascara was smeared. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z As I scanned over what I had written, the letters blurred into an inky smear. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She cuts three slices from a loaf, smears them with margarine for us and goes back to bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Justice Strauss had on a dreamy expression, as if she were about to be crowned queen, instead of just having some powders and creams smeared on her face. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z She then lavishly smeared my face, arms and legs with a mixture of pig’s fat and vaseline. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Two perfect circles color each of her cheeks and her too-bright lipstick is smeared across her front tooth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Perhaps he glances around, and then you see that his lips are smeared with something slippery and red, mixed with black specks, as if he has been chewing coffee grounds. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes, and saw Maria scooping, with her little fingers, her own feces and smearing herself all over. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s out of breath and smeared with dirt. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Their faces were plastered white with ash and smeared with blood. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z I see a tiny smear of pink lipstick on her teeth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The sink is smeared with gobs of toothpaste and little black hairs. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She stepped into it and it closed around her, sealing shut just as tiny smears of yellow touched the sky. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Images of people flashed across his mind, but there was no recognition, their faces replaced with haunted smears of color. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Boys pride themselves on their drab clothing, their drooping socks, their smeared and inky skin: dirt, for them, is almost as good as wounds. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Her white hair shudders like an angry cloud as she smears peanut butter onto the bread, all the while mumbling to herself. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z What he had not eaten was now smeared over himself. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The pail, called a growler, had its inside smeared with lard to keep down the foam, allowing more room for the beer. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I sit down at the kitchen table and hum while I smear the thick pink polish all over the spoons with a cotton ball and watch it pull off the layer of black. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She wiped her fingers on her thigh, leaving a brown smear. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Franny and I always smeared brownie batter on those handles when we baked, no matter how hard we tried to keep everything neat. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He chews proudly, a huge smear of barbecue sauce across his upper lip and the tip of his nose. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The napkin Mrs. V passes him only smears it more. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z There is one recorded instance of a woman smearing honey on her toddler’s fingers so that the bear would lick it off for the video camera. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I know. It’s terrible. They’re helpless. Women and little children, being smeared with blood to make sure the beasts attack them!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He smeared some in the palm of his hand. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Rishi asked, squinting to see in the haze of streetlights the fog had smeared. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I had to go find a private place and drop my pants and smear on this antibacterial ointment. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As he smeared over the word with a dinner knife, Palmer thought about it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Then, with terrible composure, he stepped back and absently dragged the hand across his chest, smearing mud upon his lapel, his tie, the starched immaculate white of his shirt. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I'd push them into a side street and smear their faces with the peel. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry rubbed at his jaw, leaving a smear of grease. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z TeLinde set out to minimize what he called “unjustifiable hysterectomies” by documenting what wasn’t cervical cancer and by urging surgeons to verify smear results with biopsies before operating. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He wiped at it with the back of his hand, and it smeared into a chalky, ashy smudge that ran along his arm as well. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She was playing with her glass, running it along the table, smearing the water that had collected on it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Paint is smeared across her forehead, giving her a purple eyebrow. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It was smeared with blood from when I had touched the side of my face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then he ripped open his thumbnail somehow, and after that he left smears of blood wherever he put his hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I keep remembering not to wipe my hand on my skirts for fear of smearing them with food. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The long list of situational phobias includes the fears of being bound, beaten, locked into an enclosed area, and smeared with human waste. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Five khaki twins, each with the stump of a long eclair in his right hand, and their identical faces variously smeared with liquid chocolate, were standing in a row, puggily goggling at him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He smeared the sweat from his cheeks and quickly adjusted the spectacles on his nose. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I latched the door with a hook that scarcely held, smeared shaving cream on the backs of my hands and shaved without water. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Without thinking, she smeared them over her thighs. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And then Mona was smearing an ointment over the cut, and she pressed a cloth against it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Someone approached from the other end, a smear of black against the gold and orange light. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z There was a smear of blood from when she'd cut her hand on her bed—and something crusty on the shoulder, probably snot from all that crying. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Dirt and blood smeared the girl’s face and neck. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mam sends Michael with a milk bottle of warm tea, a few cuts of bread smeared with dripping, a note to say Laman Griffin isn’t angry anymore and I can come back. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The momentum presses me back against the skeleton chair, and the view out the window turns into a smear of color. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It struck her on the leg and tumbled to the street, and the half-cooked meat left a smear of grease and blood down her thigh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Broken plywood signs were scattered in the dirt like grave markers, their smeared slogans written in Yiddish, German, and English. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Her broken thumbnail left smears of blood on the painted marble, but she made it up, and wedged herself in be-tween the king's feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z You could get the magnet to start working again by smearing it with goat’s blood. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He slammed down the hood and smeared his hands front and back on his pants. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I choke, and tears smear my cheeks, run into my mouth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He takes slices from the two cheeks, places them on our plates and smears them with mustard. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Dirt was smeared across their faces and arms and legs. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears sprang to Palmer’s eyes, smearing the grins of Beans and Mutto. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He wanted to suck her finger, to lick honey from her nipple, to smear ice cream on her belly, as though it was not enough simply to lie bare skin to bare skin. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One smashes as I kick it off, leaving a green smear across my sneakers, which I know from experience ain’t coming out. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The wood floors were “practically black,” the windows were “caked with dirt,” and the walls were smeared with something she “didn’t even want to think about.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z A smear of grime streaks over her nose. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He shifted the handkerchief, the vomit smearing on Mr. Sharpe’s jaws. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It left a grimy smear down one cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Their dark suits were gray with dust and smeared with stains. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She smeared mud and tree sap to camouflage her face and arms till she seemed an outgrowth of the island. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I fold up the note, knowing it’s unfinished, knowing the fresh ink will smear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Jean sighed, set her trowel aside, and wiped her forehead, leaving a smear of earth that Matty found very appealing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Andromeda was not a cloud of glowing gas; it was a cloud of stars so distant that they looked like a smear rather than individual points of light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Reynie began to flip through his papers, some of which bore faint smears of peanut butter. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The front of her dress was damp and smeared with blood. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z From here it looked like a mere smear on the horizon. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Go to the dresser. Should be one of the top drawers—smear this in the crotch of every pair of underwear you find.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z In die afternoon, toward evening, with his face smoke smeared and his sldn red from die heat, he finally began to think ahead to what he needed to do. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled my fingers away and saw a small smear of blood, as red as Sumac’s regal back. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She backed away, flustered, and Kaede’s hand left a smear of red on her left cheek. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A black woman, her face smeared with blood. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Some kind of ointment had been smeared over his wounds—calendula. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z David’s blood and my blood smear my clothes in places. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z From a bag of deer tallow, she added a yellow smear of grease and then, forcing Pinch to lie still, she spread the paste on his burns and propped him against a tree. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The cold, dead matter of the stars would decay away, leaving nothing but a smear of radiation that spreads equally throughout the universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But Winnie was adamantly opposed, thinking it unhealthy and outdated, and instead smeared Zenani with olive oil, plastered her little body with Johnson’s Baby Powder, and filled her stomach with shark oil. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His red hair was matted down against his head, and half his face was smeared with drying blood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The side of his left hand was smeared with black ink from his pinkie to his wrist. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The skin on her face was darker where she had smeared the tears with the back of her hand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Globs of cream cheese have smeared on his booster seat, his pants, and his chin. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They were small, pigmy-like, and they moved so swiftly toward him that he couldn’t get a good look at them, saw only a smear of smiling faces, smiling evilly. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I smear my tears away with the edge of my sleeve. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Mother smeared the salve over Dad’s upper body twice a day. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Neon lights reflect against the wetness, painting the ground a menagerie of smeared gold, green, and blue. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The bathroom is grubbier than the rest of the house: grime around the sink, toothpaste smeared on the mirror. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She found a drab little place with smeared windows, and cigarette butts all over the floor, but the food could be no worse than what she was used to. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She began by smearing handfuls of thick mud over her entire body. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I returned every day to look at its smear on the side of the house,” I said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I shifted from foot to foot in the line, arms across my grumbling middle, hair neat and mouth smeared just the tiniest bit red. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I grabbed it, slammed it onto a plate, and started smearing butter on it so hard that I ripped the bread. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "Nor Tully red, the mud red of the river. That's blood up there, child, smeared across the sky." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Carter stepped into the light, his face pale and smeared with blood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A few days after the Rude boys left him smeared on the road, Finn wandered among the tents, stopping to look at this sheep, that pig, this dog, that rabbit. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The body shook and quivered and twisted in wild contortions; the sharp white teeth champed together till the lips were cut, and the mouth was smeared with a crimson foam. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I don’t know where to sit any more than I know how to eat the pink sausage snuggled inside bread shaped like a corncob, smeared with sauces yellow and red. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Here’s rosemary; that’s for remembrance,” I said, tucking a sprig into his doublet, which had been ripped and smeared with dirt in the fray with the guards. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I divided a can of sardines between the two remaining gunnysacks and then smeared the oil on my hands. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had smeared bloody fingerprints across the glass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Likewise, he smeared dust off the half-empty ammo shelf, unconsciously slapping his palm on his pants to clean it, then shook his head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t mind the work — digging the pits grinding the oak bark smearing the hides with dung. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Buddy opened out a newspaper and covered the smear of blood on the floor where the rat had been crushed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Ranofer smeared oil into the mold, keeping his frowning gaze directly on his work. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The typist twists her cigarette into an ashtray, a bright red smear of lipstick on its butt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He wore blue jeans and an undershirt with grease smears on it, along with horn-rimmed glasses. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, I smear some mascara under my eyes so it looks like I haven’t slept at all. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She smeared bushes with the sticky mutowa sap and baited it with termites. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They sit or lie upon the ground, arms too thin for human limb, faces too drawn for flesh, smeared white with powder. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Ferrets, weasels and stoats, their faces smeared with moist dark earth, popped out of the ground in the oddest of places. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On the contrary, sometimes they positively enjoyed smearing their tiny faces with mud or pollen, and then asked him, giggling, to guess which of them it was behind all the muck. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I kiss his pink cheek, despite its coating of smeared snot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes slid past empty plates, crumbled bits of cornbread, a smear of potatoes in a casserole dish. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z After the longest time, a colored man in a white coat covered with smears and specks of blood walked into the park and come right to us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He smeared whipped cream over his second piece of cake. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He makes us laugh the way he smears the sugar all over his face and grins at us with his fat sticky cheeks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was a slight red smear of blood on my hand, but when I spat, it came out clear. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Charlie grabbed a rag from his back pocket and tried to clean his hands, but they were so filthy, all he did was smear the dirt around. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Her hair had come down from its French knot and stuck all over her face, and her good blouse was smeared with black ash. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It had smeared down on the latex, right against her skin, right against the Band-Aid. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It's easy enough to wait around for the minute a man is safely buried and then stand on a ladder and smear the memory of everything he believed in. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The wipers smear the street scene into grays and smudged lights. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Soon blood from his scraped knuckles smeared the concrete. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Her face was already smeared with swink juice, her mouth full and happy. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z There’s something about him that makes me feel as if I’m smeared in an awful, warm goo. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She shaved her underarms, dug out the lipstick she had not worn since the day she left Lagos, most of it left smeared on Obinze’s neck at the airport. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Well—there was blood smeared everywhere. On the walls, on the floor.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She rubbed at the little smear of blood from its bite. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To the boy, the sounds were alarm bells ringing off the bricks of the school building, making his stomach ache as he forced down his lunch of a browned biscuit smeared with lard. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of stars lay in a bright smear across a velvety, black sky. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a smear of blood on his shoe. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I tried to wipe it with toilet paper, but I only smeared it more. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Panicked, she dug through the paper, searching for clues, tearing faster and faster through the sheets until paper cuts crossed her fingertips and whorls of blood smeared the corners. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I look down and the ground smears beneath me, all gray and white and black, glass and pavement and steel. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Her gray tunic was torn and smeared with blood and filth, and her head had been crudely shaved. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She could see that he’d smeared it on his chest as well. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But it dawned on her that he seemed freaked out dealing with the things that wouldn't smash or smear. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I said the next morning, smearing some cream cheese on my bagel. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z All I know is that, when I finally stopped, exhausted and panting, Hassan was smeared in red like he’d been shot by a firing squad. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Montag stood with the flame-thrower in his limp hands, great islands of perspiration drenching his armpits, his face smeared with soot. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The calamine lotion that’s smeared all over her legs doesn’t seem to be helping, either. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z So she saw it clearly when the horse screamed with a panicked shriek and reared, and the blue smear of the thrown rider collapsed to the ground. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The sun dropped behind the hills in back of me, leaving a red smear on the sky, which slowly turned blade. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The floor was made of crushed ant-heap, the hard dome of excavated earth above an ant colony, and was kept smooth by smearing it regularly with fresh cow dung. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There were smears of river mud on his bare knees and his shenti, and on the gnarled hand with which he held the reeds aside as he gazed with mild astonishment at the boy. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z There was a smear of blood across his face. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was still clean, except for a chocolate smear, which I wiped off on my shorts. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The man scowled as he studied Ucho, as if the boy were smeared in fresh llama dung that was unpleasant to the nose. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Opened the jar of glowpaint and smeared a bit on his forehead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z There’s a wet smear down the back of his trousers. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Andrew was standing there waiting for me, alone, his clothes smeared with blood. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There’s ink smeared all over one corner and the silk’s all perished down the middle, as though she and Engel have been playing tug of war with it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Though it was increasingly clear that the fire was winning the fight, Pastor Patton, his face smeared with soot, kept calling out, “Keep the water flowing, brothers and sisters!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It was like they were lots of friendly butterflies, and we were smeared with something, and they kept coming and coming, and their wings were winking beautifully, and more and more came. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a smear of breakfast egg on her chin and the blurry eyes of someone who has just stopped crying. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z His poster had been smeared with ink or some kind of blue paint. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Theon watched a wounded man drag himself painfully across the ground, smearing his life's blood in the dirt as he struggled to reach the well that stood at the center of the market square. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And then she spent a few seconds looking back and forth between me and Calista and the bathtub, which was smeared with zombie blood. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Though Nixon was angrily convinced that this was the work of “crooks and communists” out to smear him, the scandal got a grip on the nation at large. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z They flew into their husbands, oblivious to the greasy coal smearing their clothes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Ryan pulled away, and I looked up at him, at the smear of my lipstick on his mouth. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Near the base of the stairs, a crusty brown substance was smeared on the wall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I wipe the back of my sleeve across my forehead, smearing viscera across my face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I open my journal, and there it is, wet and smeared, of course. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We took the old picture of the Stove King and smeared some honey on it before we burned it in the stove. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and other flavors smeared their mouths as they shoveled down spoonful after spoonful, not even bothering to acknowledge his presence. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At the end of the day, all she wanted to do was lean against the warm kitchen hearth, reading, the soot smearing down the length of her skirt. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z By now the entire sky was smeared with clouds. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course, brave boy. The advice of poets is the cordiality of kings! How may I smear unction on your, no, not unction, how may I give balm to your pain?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I would rather be using a hard pencil; the charcoal gets on my fingers and smears, and is no good for hair. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It leaked in through the heavy drapes, smearing itself across the room in thick lines. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And I’m reaching across his shoulders, accidentally smearing bits of dirt on his black winter jacket. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I rubbed my palms together but only managed to smear the dirt around even worse. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I smear the makeup on, something I hardly even know how to do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When we got home last Saturday, she made a big fuss and made me clip a leaf off the aloe vera plant in her front window so she could smear the gel on his blisters. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The details of Cara’s face have also become difficult to see, the world smearing together into dull colors. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The windshield of the SUV was filthy, smeared with dead hugs, even though Dad had squeegeed it when they last stopped to refuel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A smear of light mud shaped like a handprint had dried on the side of the black leather, stopping where the wide splash of blue paint covered the top. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She has, I notice, a jagged run in her beige stockings, and her eye makeup is smeared. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z This is my brother Pedro standing on one leg on a rock, With a smear of chocolate on his face. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for the salve, which she’d smeared on daily out of desperation, she pushed the gifts to the back of her drawer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The boys run down The street, With shame smeared On their dirty faces. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The longer I stare at the black smears on the knife hilt, the more convinced I am that they’re remnants of rifle grease. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Eyes open, I saw a face in the water, smeared and wobbly. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The pain had gone from being a pointed injury pain to spreading in a hot smear up his leg and it made him catch his breath. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z And you didn’t live in the woods without getting a smear of dirt here and there, no matter how often you bathed up in the stream. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Her white nightdress was smeared with blood, and a thin stream trickled down the man’s bare breast which was shown by his torn-open dress. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z |
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