| 单词 | smudge |
| 例句 | There were dark smudges under his eyes, the frayed edges of somebody who hadn’t slept in a while. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He rubbed with his toe at a smudge of blood on the floor where he stood. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The air was breezy, the low sky smudged brown and grey. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I guessed the smudges were to keep him from seeing out, just as his silence was to keep him from speaking out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were red and under them were dark smudges. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I smudged it with my hand until I’d made a wide opening. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z His eyeglasses were so badly smudged that his blue eyes appeared almost gray. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyeliner isn’t smudged, and my lip gloss is still intact. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z King, bishop, knight, pawn, all smudged with his fingers, polluted by his breath. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z You can write with this pen at altitude and it does not smudge and the supply of ink lasts for a year. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The wipers smear the street scene into grays and smudged lights. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The glittering lengths of the lagoon lay below them and beyond that a long white smudge that was the reef. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s got a giant smudge of pizza sauce on it because it makes him stress-eat. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z To my right, the smudge pots and that bloated bonfire were spewing out over every living thing. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His fingers were dark and his nails all smudged with grease. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Using her spit on her finger, she wiped my face and was relieved when the smudge came off. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She rubbed her eyes, smudging her face with red from the mess on her hands. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Wherever it pressed, he picked up new red smudges. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Her fire was cold ashes, a blackened smudge. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Characteristically, the writing is in pencil; over the years it’s become a bit smudged but it’s still quite legible. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There was a penciled note tacked on it, but it was so smudged that he could not read it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I sure would,” I say, noting the scratches on his arms and the smudges of dirt on his cheeks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I DIDN’T want to alarm Blanca, so before I got home I buttoned up my denim jacket, which only had a bit of blood smudged on the sleeves. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I felt my cheeks redden and for a moment I felt sorry for him until I touched my nose and there was a little smudge of blood on my upper lip. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She had on a red hat, a smudge of bright color against the November gray. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I look at her beady eyes lined with smudged mascara. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z What Is Dia were the only words on the page, followed by a long black smudge. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Her mascara has smudged under her eyes, but she doesn't look tired. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She’s smudging mascara under her eyes to look exhausted and wan. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s go home,” said Charles, wiping a muddy smudge off his cheek with the heel of his hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her makeup was smudged and her clothes rumpled. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z "What about all this?" she then said, holding up an ashtray full of cigarette butts, red lipstick smudged on the tips. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Grandma nodded down the road to the timber, a dark smudge in the distance. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The parchment was damp, and enormous teardrops had smudged the ink so badly in places that it was very difficult to read. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z There was indeed a long green smudge half-way up the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z A photograph of the kitchen sink showed three dirty dishes, each with little smudges of pizza grease and tomato sauce. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “It’s called photomarking. When anyone in the picture is murdered, their face gets smudged out. Wick hadn’t started on his crusade yet, but I saw it in him, I knew it wouldn’t be long.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A drift of gray was leaving the Clouded Mountain, a slowly spreading smudge against the blue sky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He looked down at the white powdery smudges her fingers left. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But, he realized, even in his panic he had not wanted to smudge the creamy paper by shutting the book while the ink was wet. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As they got closer, they saw a dark smudge in the water, a log or piece of debris. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z A tiny smudge of blood came from the place where the blade touched the skin. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Would they follow me around, a smudge on my record until I was eighteen when it would finally disappear? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They looked as though they were the scribbles of a crazy person—a tangle of loops and smudges and words that meant nothing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I splash cold water on my face, which smudges my eyeliner and mascara. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Our beloved green fields fall away to a blur, the hut becomes a smudge on the horizon. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I thought he was scratching something in, but I realized he was using the blunt edge and smudging something out. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A squabble of costumed microraptors burst out of the doorway first, followed by Mapper, his glasses all smoked over and his dark skin smudged with ashes. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z There were purple shadows beneath her eyes, and there was a smudge of dirt on her cheek. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was then, squinting through the smudged glass, that Roy spotted the strange boy running along the sidewalk. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw myself swelling like bellows on their blood, a meaningless smudge in a universe dead as old wind over bones, abandoned except for the burnt-blood scent of the dragon. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time that happened, there was a greasy face print and a smudge of slobber left on the glass. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z If you look close, you can see the smudges where he erased a word or two and rewrote it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Tears made wavy tracks down his smudged face. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She came down with only a yellow smudge. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Her hair ratted, her nose smudged, and she left handprints wherever she went. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He could see the long, flat poppy fields and even a brown smudge that might have been a group of eejits. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Guess she wasn’t paying attention and the smudge pot tipped over. Next thing they knew, the kitchen was on fire.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they were done, they washed their hands extra carefully at the pump to make sure not a speck of dirt would smudge the catalog. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Even the crescent moon birthmark on her forehead was a shadow of its former self—like a smudge of ashes on her brow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Franz stuck his head over the top of the box and licked the forehead of the very same black kitten with white smudged feet they had left on the Beiderman’s doorstep the day before. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “At the auction nobody wanted the quilt, because it got wet and the president’s signature was all smudged, right?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Robbie stumbled out of the darkness, his face smudged with green streaks. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Fans her hand above the page to avoid smudging the letters. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Kainene dusted herself down carefully, but the ground was wet and the mud had stuck to her clothes; her blue dress looked designed with chocolate-colored smudges. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I gathered up as much as I could and took it to my room, but by the time I got back, Will and Leroy were playing catch with my softball and had already smudged it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Those smudged carbon flimsies,” Garland continued, “that you have there in your briefcase. Polokov, Miss Luft...your assignments. The next one is me.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z In the process of trying to wash out Ammu’s forbidden kohl, they had smudged it all over their eyes, and on the whole looked like three raccoons trying to pass off as Hindu ladies. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She squatted down next to a sapling and said, “You see here: how this leaf is broken, and if you look carefully, you can see the smudge of a hoofprint.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z High above, Leo saw a smudge of white that might have been the sun. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His clothes are even more ragtag than mine are: rolled-up shirtsleeves smudged with graphite as if he's spent the day at a drafting table. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Streaks of smudged gray clouds covered the sky. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She finishes with the pencil, and then smudges everything with her finger. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I imagine him feeding her food from his fingers in her kitchen, and she eats it, allowing enough of her lips to smudge him with her beauty. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She turned away from her mother to wipe her eyes, smudging her ugly mascara tears. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It looked like someone had taken sidewalk chalk and smudged the colors across the sky with their fingers. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z With her salty, blurry eyes, she saw a shape, a smudge of green. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The planks of the floor were scuffed gray, and there was a cloud of finger smudges around the doorknob of every door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The boat in front of her was blurred by tears now, a smudge of green. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z To my disappointment, I only saw a brown smudge on the horizon—as the Middle Kingdom had looked from a distance. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Her gardening gloves, still smudged with the last soil she’d ever lifted; a box of her favorite tea, which had long ago lost its peppermint scent; the thick candy-cane-striped kneesocks she wore in winter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She bares her teeth to the mirror and wipes a smudge of pink lipstick off one of them. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Mascara’s smudged all around her eyes like she’s been crying all night. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Color smudges streak across it and display Princess Sabine's chosen skin, hair, and eye color palette, and bodily proportions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Hugo wiped his eyes with his dirty, ashen hands, leaving long black smudges across his face. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z A hundred smudge pots had to be filled with fuel, fired up, and kept burning all night. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I notice his shoes, his pants, his shirt...they’re all smudged chalky white. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Hyacinth took a deep breath, then lifted the little black kitten with the smudges of white fur on her paws out of the cabinet. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I stared at his smudges of whiskers, the bags under his eyes, and the fat that had collected at his armpits. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I was numb, I was half-deaf, I was sick, shaking, stinging, and smudged with dirt and oil. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She looks like I must, face smudged with dust, dark circles under her eyes, dirt under her nails. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z His hands were smudged with dirt and grease. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z A dark smudge of forest lay on the lower slopes before them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I peered into the locked case smudged with fingerprints from pilgrims touching the glass. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside Cliff’s house, the electric-blue and white walls were darkened with smudges of oil and dirt. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Her hair is mussed, her mouth smudged with lipstick. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His face is perfectly symmetrical, a mix of Anglo and Asian, beautiful behind the dirt and smudges. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The ink so fresh it smudges beneath his fingers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I wiped quickly under my eyes to prevent any smudges. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Hilly looks at me and smudges it off with a tissue, reapplies it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She kisses one of the glass cradles, then wipes away the smudge left behind by her rouge-stick. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She looked exhausted, with purple smudges beneath her eyes and yellow and red stains on the front of her tunic. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When she did, she left a brownish-black smudge there, right on the tip. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z His face was smudged with sweat and grime. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Wiping my tears from the page, I smudge the writing so badly, I won’t have to erase a thing tonight. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z If the letter tears or the seal is smudged, the Commandant will probably cut off my hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And then a smudge of green appeared on the horizon. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The salt of her tears had smudged her eye makeup. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She saw no sign of pursuit by whales or otherwise, but Percy, Frank, and Hedge didn’t start to recover until the Atlanta skyline was a hazy smudge in the distance. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The dawn sky is a smudge of gray flecked with pink, like a picture drawn with two crayons. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Then I get a flash of impulsive inspiration; I reach over, dig my thumb into her spoon, and smudge an ocher arc across the page. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “So remember that. A lot of times those little facts get smudged out of the history books. If you gon’ tell a story, you better be sure you’re telling the right one.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A smudge of paint on the back of one wrist. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Every time Lurvy slops him, the food runs down around the ears. Then it dries and forms a crust. He also has a smudge on one side where he lays in the manure.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Then I can make out the shape of the high windows and a smudge of starlight. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She is wearing her Wellies and her gardening smock, which is smudged with mud. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And we stood at the center, so it seemed; black men, blackened cart; white, smudged prisoner and officer; viewing the world turned to fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I’m left-handed, so most of it is too smudged to see. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Anya nodded and began reading, tracing along the words with the pointer so her fingers wouldn’t smudge the aging ink. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Her eyelids were a bruised colour, a purple smudge. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z With trembling fingers, she opened the letter and read Papa’s graceful, smudged words: Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A rouge smudge appled each cheek, and she had even dabbed some oversized freckles on her face. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Nhamo pressed on, watching the smudge grow into a definite strip of land. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the last of the daylight flooding through the windows, she became a wavering silhouette, smudged at the edges by the steam rising from the sink. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z His eyes were dull as if they'd been colored in brown and smudged. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The lights of the city smudged the sky with yellow, swallowing half the stars he had been able to see from the open country. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Her face, though smudged, was delicate, elfin, with high cheekbones. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They were covered with smudge and mud and goodness knows what else besides. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Normally we’d bring everyone together for a smudge, but the air was dark and the littlest kids were safe on the back porch in rocking chairs with Minerva. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z My palms were sweating on Sohrab’s box, smudging the wrapping paper. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She licked her thumb and wiped a smudge of dirt off my cheek. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then another wave rolled over her, and when she looked up and peered around again, the green smudge was...gone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z So I don’t have to feel like the dark smudge in somebody else’s life. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She glanced at the pad, the black and gray smudges probably seeming like a crazy mess to her. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The mascara has smudged again, despite Moira’s repairs, the purplish lipstick has bled, hair trails aimlessly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrote a letter to Andrius, but it became smudged with tears. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z We arose in the dark, hours before sunrise, when there was barely a smudge of indigo along the eastern sky and the rest of the horizon was still pure pitch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Coach Ted must have passed it around right after practice, because there were all these water spots where wet swimmers had handled it, smudged the ink. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Her magenta lipstick is smudged all over his lips. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It was far away, hardly a smudge on the horizon, but clearly something other than water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d lit a smudge and a candle so that his face was clear in the handful of light and obscured by the handfuls of smoke. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Her mascara is smudged beneath her eyes, her red lipstick chewed away. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Tony dug out his wallet and pulled a smudged and crinkled business card from its billfold. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The next night, Shawn came into my room unexpectedly and found me smudging my eyelashes with Audrey’s old mascara. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then she added another line under his eye and licked her thumb to wipe away a smudge. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z She made the notation, Died at Pittsburg Landing, April 6th, 1862, with great care and she wiped her eyes quickly lest the ink of the record be smudged. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Most items are torn or smudged in some way, but some are not. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The frame contained a picture of a woman in profile, her head bent toward a little girl who sat in a high chair with a smudge of baby food on the side of her mouth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the spring they appear around the corner of the house in their baggy gardening pants, smudged with mud, to see me off. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z To Minli’s great surprise, the grayness of the stone began to smudge away and a translucent, lustrous glow seemed to shine through. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z To preserve his cover, Pike, who smoked a corn pipe and had a smudge of a mustache, met Hale at a concealed spot near Whizbang. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z At first it was behind Claypole Ridge, and I could see only the top of it, the smallest smudge. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The harpies fell behind, and soon the shore of Camp Half-Blood was nothing but a dark smudge. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It had been Ethel’s childhood Bible that Martin gave to Cora, smudged and stained by her fingers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She swabbed at the counter with her thumb, smudging the granite. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Jesus, this thing is heavy,” Mr. Ray moaned, using his handkerchief to wipe smudges off the pearl box. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And over all the shadowy screech owls sailed, drawing a smudge of shadowy fear below them on the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In the light of his sword, Percy’s face was like a large firefly - a hovering, momentary smudge of brightness in the dark. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I sang a few more notes, giddy with anticipation, until I came upon a smudged symbol which I did not recognize. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Barris takes off his spectacles, wiping the lenses with a handkerchief before he replies, holding them up to the light to check for rogue smudges. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When she tried to break it apart, it was actually squishy and left a big smudge of brown on her finger. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Most of the villagers were smudged with soot and dirt, and others were all wet. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Those are the smudge pots. Wait’ll you see them when they’re burning. Fire comes shooting out of the tops of them.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her shalwar kameez is wrinkled, with smudges of turmeric dotting the hem. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Miig even had his nighttime smoke down there with her, taking extra-long hauls so she could smudge herself, making shallow cups out of her crepe paper fingers and pulling the smoke over her covered head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He put his finger on the words alternate placement and rubbed it back and forth until the ink was smudged, the whole time shaking his head no. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Conor wasn’t allowed in there at any time, lest he smudge the upholstery somehow, so of course this was where he went to read his book while he waited for his father. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z She looked down at Ess, at the bits of leaf and sand in her hair and the smudge on her cheek. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She had a smudge of dirt on her chin, and I imagined what she must've looked like when she was little, wandering around the country with Thalia and Luke. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z One sat in a chair and looked through the thick, smudged glass that had a few small holes drilled into it to permit conversation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dirt smudged all of their faces where they had wiped away sweat that had risen while they dug. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Shirley was young and pretty and she’d taught my sister, Lily, how to put a smudged brown line in the crease above her eyes and white shadow just beneath her brow. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Then there’s hot air smudged with cigarette smoke hitting his face. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She stood at attention, like a frail drill sergeant, but her outlines seemed curiously smudged. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She inspected all the glassware for spots or smudges, and when she found them—which was often—she’d scream, “MINNIE!” so loud that Mary cringed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Dain squints to see the shapes of the letters past my smudges. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But one was longer, with a smudge of red paint across the rim. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The three letters were smudged at the edges and the word, WAR, seemed to waver. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I hold up the photo and put my finger on the glass, leaving my fingerprint in a smudge. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I look at his glasses reflecting the lights above, a little smudge on the left lens. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Quentin brushed himself off and inspected Auk II. His nose was smudged black. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In the mirror, I find a drooping and smudged version of myself. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We kept gliding until the line of smoky white became a cloudy smudge, then a curtain of fog. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z More than half of the faces had been smudged out now. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Lydia took off her glasses and wiped away a smudge. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Her eyes had dark smudges around them and her face was pale white, her lips dark red. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I peer out through the glass of the train window, which is streaked with rain and dust, and there is the landscape of my early childhood, smudged and scentless and untouchable and moving backward. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The red ball of the sun appeared to her left over the gray-green smudge of the shore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On the first page he could just make out the name “T. M. Riddle” in smudged ink. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z 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 at the box in his lap, and the smudge of ash on his finger. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She remembered the green smudge and the creature, whatever it was, with its terrible fin, rising above her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Nora has a smudge of lipstick on the back of her neck. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Inside is the Play God power-up, blue and beautiful, its swirling clouds smudging underneath my fingertips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I feel a stab in my heart when I look on Grandpa’s shoulder and see the gray smudge that was once Mango. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Any smudging of the line would kill its protection, leaving us open to whatever was out there. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The house was smudged with unspoken thoughts and it was necessary to go to my room to breathe. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her freckles stood out like little smudges of dirt on her nose. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Her breath stopped and she peered to see the smudge better. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She could only make out a hazy smudge of grey. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My hands were black with grease, and each stroke left a dark smudge. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The rain blurred everything outside the window into gray and green smudges. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Outside the plate glass the world in the mist had become a pencil drawing executed in a dozen different grays with, here and there, a smudge of electric red or pure white. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Gregory squirmed, but Candace wouldn't let up, pressing at his face like she was trying to rub smudges off of fresh sneakers, getting the creases of his nose and the corners of his mouth. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Our goal, the rutted coast of mainland Wales, was somewhere before us but only dimly visible, an inky smudge squatting along the far horizon. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He had a smudge of dust on his dark-brown cheek, and his lower lips trembled. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Not even looking at me, just rubbing a smudge off the back of his hand. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A moth lands in the corner then flutters away, leaving a brown smudge of wing chalk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We began with the smudge pots in the old grove. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She tries more than one variation, as the words on the card from Mr. Barris have been smudged, and she cannot recall the proper pronunciation. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The street lamps were faint smudges of yellow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Page 12 had a smudge of dirt on it. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z They waited, but there was nothing in sight, unless you counted in those smudges on the horizon—boats burning after an air attack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Because bomber pilots were more likely to target a cheerfully lit house than another smudge in the dark, every house was blacked out—every porch light dark, every window opaque. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They feature different looks—nose shapes, hair and eye colors, facial structures, hair textures, body shapes, and skin tones—matched with fabric swatches and rouge-stick smudges and nail lacquer. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When she closed her eyes, it was the green smudge she saw, heading toward her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her eyes lingered for a moment on Nevilles cloak, which was fastened under his left ear, and on Ron’s smudged nose. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z His face was florid and smudged with dirt. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He smudged a few more in Max’s shirt, did a backward somersault, and pressed himself up to his feet quickly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I sat on Granny’s lap, in the middle of the bus, by a large smudged window. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the smudge of lipstick, her lips looked like a bruise, tender and raw. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There were drops of blood on the floor here too, and there had been small, smudged coins of blood on the stairs as he walked up. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The hems of her jeans were smudged with dirt, and she carried a journal under her arm that Virgil was desperate to read. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Handing back the smudged pages, her mother asked, “So are you going to put it in the paper?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z I waited until he was done singing, until after he had mumbled some words and smudged himself. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It’s really hard to focus with the green and orange smudges from Mango and me all over the room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But the photo had come out blurry, focused on the fence instead of the squirrel, the squirrel itself simply a smudge. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There had to be at least fifty of them, their clothes smudged and sweaty as if they’d been hard at work, all shapes and sizes and races, their hair of varying lengths. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z My mascara’s run, smudged at the corners of my eyes, and my lips are dark. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She raised a hand to her face and wiped away the tears, leaving a smudge of mud on her cheeks. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The only variation in the dusty brown-green emptiness was a distant smudge of darker green, which he made for because Balthamos said it was a forest and there was a river there, which led south. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And his eyelashes curled like soot smudged against his lids. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The dirt that smudged his face gave him the appearance of having a beard, making his young face strangely cruel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She would swipe her finger over the slip of paper like she was smudging it, then magically reseal the cookie and toss it into a nearby basket. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His basketball shorts are smudged with grass stains. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the small slide, even with the magnifying glass, Mirjam was barely more than a smudge of sky blue toward the bottom of the frame. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z People were sweating and panting, their faces smudged with soot, their cheeks marked with tears. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Why, these Philadelphia citizens probably decided, smudge the city’s reputation even further—and possibly drive away future business—with detailed written accounts of looting and violence? An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z 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 By then, numbed by the loss of Sophie Mol, he looked out at everything with a vision smudged with grief. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a smudge of soot there, spreading up onto the fins. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I know,” Marco says, wiping away her tears and leaving smudges of ink across her cheeks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her eyes were heavy and tired and the makeup around them was smudged, like she’d been rubbing at them. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z But there were only black smudges of paper left—and ashes everywhere. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z When Jinny tried to wipe it clean and start over, it only smudged, as the ink bled into the tiny cracks in the rock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “No,” I mumbled, dabbing at my mascara with a tissue, trying to wipe away the smudges before I went out onto the arena floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z His chapan had mud smudges down the front and his shirt was ripped just below the collar. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “But those smudges might be hard to get off.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He kicked the wall, leaving black smudges on the white paint. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Jinny watched intently as Nat leaned back, looking thoughtfully at her picture, then licked a fingertip and smudged at the stone in a way that shaded the face, made it appear even more alive. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Smoke smudges dotted their brown faces and they both looked rattled but otherwise okay. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z My foot accidentally smudged the diagram of the scout fly and I shuddered. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z All day 1 would see on the heedless foreheads of classmates the Hindu-like smudge of dark ash, the reminder of death. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I look down at my name and begin to crumple the entire certificate, but a tiny black smudge catches my eye. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I wiped the sweat off my face with my arm and accidentally smudged a little dirt across my forehead. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And so, obediently but without expectation, she had untangled and rebraided her hair, wiped away the kohl that had smudged below her eyes, patted some Cuticura powder from a velvet puff onto her skin. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My dad wandered around to the other side of the car and checked out the view through the driver’s-side window after smudging some frost away with the heel of his hand. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z My fuzzy pink mittens are smudged in filth. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A smudge of dirt ran from his front pocket to his waist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Then she pulls from her pocket a worn and smudged wee dolly and introduces the worn dolly to the new dolly. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z He looked so handsome, smiling from our kiss, then frowning in confusion, a smudge of my soot on his nose. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There was not a single smudge of ink on the marble desktop, and the floor was so pristine, I could have believed it had been waxed yesterday. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The world around her had lost its color; everything looked gray and cloudy like a smudged watercolor painting. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Jack transferred the knife to his left hand and smudged blood over his forehead as he pushed down the plastered hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z When he reached absently for his wand to remove the smudges, it ignited the parchment. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z For this, our third night in the village, I decided to escape the noxious smudge by moving into a tent, pitched just outside, that Rob and Mike had vacated when they went to Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She sent me pictures of a cabin with some pine trees, and a fire, and two people with smudged faces that could be her and me sitting there under one comforter. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched the reflection of her body move in the smudged glass. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I pushed my final bite of cake around my plate, creating a swirling chocolate smudge. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z And the blanks have been filled in with different colors of chalk, smudged and half melted from the rain and snow, in all different handwriting. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z On a map of the United States it is an incidental smudge of green, but on foot the scale of it is colossal. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I hate to be the bearer of bad news,” I said, pointing off to a faint smudge of smoke rising from the trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Tree-ear shaded his eyes from the sun as it began to set, wondering if that smudge on the horizon might be the sea. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She wrote other names down, erased them, and wrote them down again at other positions until the sheet of paper was a jumble of names and smudges. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z When the guard brought Branwell into the visitors’ room, he still looked pale, but his glasses were not smudged now, and I could see his eyes. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I turned out the light and lay down with my hands—with the pencil smudge on my thumb—back behind my head and I looked out the window. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z White hair covered his eyes, and his tunic was smudged with grease. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There’s a smudge of bright color on his lips, which confuses me for a second until I realize it’s her lipstick. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I drew her eye makeup, smudged by tears. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The smudge had disappeared in haze by morning, but she soon found it again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s wearing his architect's uniform of rolled-up shirtsleeves, smudged around the cuffs. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “As if it was your own fault. As if you were a failure somehow, just because you didn’t know what it meant to smudge.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The last post-balloon chases her with a brush smudged with a paste the color of a cream cookie. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “I mean he has some fantasy they’re all belly-button crop tops and low-rider Daisy Dukes. It’s moronic. He’s going to learn soon enough that all that eye shadow smudges like hell.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Miig pointed with his chin to a dark smudge, only visible through the trees by the geometric slope against the slash of branch and leaf. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The woman was dressed in a dark skirt covered with a smudged apron, an embroidered blouse with the sleeves rolled up, and a blue kerchief on her head. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaves a smudge of snot on the canvas. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She stood with her arms crossed, and what looked like black war paint smudged under her eyes. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They are small touches, but the effect is that I feel like my clothes are smudged with dirt. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z A few smudged windows let in the hazy glow of the gas lanterns out on the street. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He knows that Charles has never seen me like this—that every day all last summer, I rushed home and removed every stain, every smudge, hiding cuts and calluses beneath new clothes and makeup. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His face was smudged where he had rubbed his hands. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z His paws leave dark smudges on my sweatshirt. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The man next to Papa Acevedo had a black fingerprint smudged over his face. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z It was hard because the words were smudged and smeared, just like she said. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Osh rubbed a smudge of paint off the back of his hand. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Marigold smudged the window with her nose as she peered into the nearby brush. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Her small, clever hands were covered with tiny cuts—Paper, probably, Antain thought—and dark smudges of ink stained each fingertip. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Some of them are. They might be out filling up the smudge pots, or hauling out pipes for the water pumps. Whatever a family has to fight with, that’s what the kids are working on.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Two hundred leagues divided Meereen from Astapor, yet it seemed to her that the sky was darker to the southwest, smudged and hazy with the smoke of the Red City’s passing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The fingers were smudged, and the nails were dirty and chewed down. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z We paraded into the backyard, all the Daughters with tiny smudges of grease clinging to their lips. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the short chill of dawn the four boys gathered round the black smudge where the fire had been, while Ralph knelt and blew. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Her brown dress is a smudge of chocolate against the wine red of the carriage's interior. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The structures along the river were now nought but torrents of fire, liquid and rushing; whatever features as remained—lintels, doorframes, and roof-trees—were sketched with dark charcoal smudges in the midst of red activity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She dropped the fish on a newspaper smudged with slimy, gray juice and sliced off its head. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I draw a picture of Pierre with his beret and wish I had some green chalk to add a little smudge in honor of Albert. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Chad opens his hand to reveal a blue smudge. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z No smudges or spots that would mar the drawing. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She wipes at a smudge on my nose. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z There was a tiny smudge of smoke wavering into the air on the other side of the rock. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She had named him for the star-shaped black smudge on his white face, ignoring that he was a boy and “Zvezda” was a girl’s name. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z At last Ralph stopped work and stood up, smudging the sweat from his face with a dirty forearm. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I looked away, at the pipe under the sink, at a smudge of rust on the linoleum. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I look into my mother’s eyes, which are pale green and framed by a dark smudge of eyelashes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z After a while she smudged it out and started on something else. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Beyond the lake, over Sally Gustafson’s house, the sun had left a smudge of purple on the horizon. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she smiled and brushed Sefia’s cheek, smudging her with dirt. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Ghostlike, mere smudges on the computer screen, they were moving back and forth. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He thumbed a smudge on his left shoe. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z When she finally let him go, her face was covered in soot smudges. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And lots of those plastic coffee drink domes smeared with whipped cream and smudges of caramel sauce glop. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z It was a dark smudge against the distant hills that blinked in and out of sight as the road curved. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Another had a brown smudge running across Mahatma Gandhi’s face. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The ashes left a black smudge on his finger. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Two of the new settlers come straggling into the fort, dragging wooden clubs, their faces smudged with soot. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I looked down at my hand, at the smudge of hastily wiped lipstick that still clung to the sweaty back of my hands. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The smudge pots were hellish machines, belching foul-smelling smoke and shooting a dangerous wild flame out the top, like upside-down rockets. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The longer she stands there, the more unsure she becomes that she has ever even heard the smudged name on the card pronounced. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He lay down and put his lips close to the smudge and blew softly. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It rose swirling off a hundred distant fires, its sooty fin gers smudging out the stars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There are also new-age California embellishments like a yurt for yoga and sage smudge incense sticks for getting rid of any negative energy. New Malibu Hotels for Surf-Lovers 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z That's not entirely fair: Loudon also examines his relationships with his family with unflinching, even lacerating honesty – and Rufus follows suit with Dinner at Eight, his curiously inexpressive voice smudging the violence of the song. House of Rufus ? review 2011-07-22T17:44:20Z A man with a fedora sipped something brown on the rocks; a woman left smudged lipstick on what looked like a wine spritzer. Flying Close to Temptation 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z No matter what the outcome is, all of us who would rather not be subjected to this dumpster will be left feeling a few smudges grumpier. Why Fox News is obsessed with Johnny Depp, its Manliness Under Siege mascot 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Paglia’s petitions grow fuzzier with each iteration, as if they were documents smudged from being photocopied 300 times. From Camille Paglia, ‘Free Women, Free Men’ and No Sacred Cows 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z He is a little withdrawn ahead of his show, sitting in the shade, pristine in all white, save for a chocolate smudge on his shorts. Glastonbury 2010: How Dizzee and the performers psyched up 2010-06-28T07:59:00Z There is no room for smudged lines and murky colors. The vision behind ‘Black Panther’s’ stunning look: ‘Feminine, masculine, beautiful and strong.’ 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z He was then able to confidently conclude that some smudges in the sky were actually entire galaxies, thereby extending the geography of the universe to millions of light-years. Ladies Who Launch: Women Who Opened the Door to Space Exploration 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z It was a pop-culture calamity, a soulless, passionless film whose only real effect was to smudge the happy memories of the three originals. Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D ? review 2012-02-09T21:45:00Z They smudge a fine line between emulation and imitation, always a danger for artists who have a naturally ventriloqual grasp of styles. Art Review: A Mind Where Picasso Meets Looney Tunes 2011-01-27T22:41:49Z It is now the proud owner of what might be corporate America's first trophy building in which the trophy is designed to arrive pre-scuffed, with the smudges and nicks carefully built in. A low-key Facebook building? In Gehry's hands, Zuckerberg has it both ways 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Tears smudged the dots under his nose and rolled down his face. Modern Love: My Husband Is Now My Wife 2011-08-18T19:50:50Z A city I knew and loved, it struck me as a masterpiece obscured by smudged glass. My Rome: Still a Classic Beauty 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z But masks, it seems, will be with us indefinitely: fogging our glasses, smudging our lipstick, changing how we see one another and allow ourselves to be seen. Masks are changing the way we look at each other, and ourselves 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z The crew that we created was a smudged version of a real crew that I was very close to; I loved the unit and how everyone related to each other. Denis Leary on the Return of 'Rescue Me' 2010-06-29T17:51:00Z I rarely wear makeup, though I’m trying to remind myself to smudge concealer under my eyes. Why I’m considering botox 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z It’s just past 10 am, but even the eastern glare off Victoria Harbor can’t uncover a smudge in Hui He’s filigree eyeliner. Soprano He Hui Is Blazing a Trail for China's Opera Singers 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z My standard warpaint consists of tinted moisturiser, concealer, a pale gold wash of eyeshadow, a flick of mascara, a smudge of blush and always, always, always, the pop of a bright lip. Barefaced trick: lose the lipstick, grab the spotlight 2012-07-13T22:01:21Z With van Zweden conducting, the score was forceful but slightly smudged, the textures both less lucid and less blooming than I’ve heard. Review: Jaap van Zweden Returns to a Changed Philharmonic 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z But the boundaries of scientific knowledge are smudged and shifting, and seem clear only in hindsight. Intimations of immortality 2011-01-08T00:05:59Z I was still wondering if I’d ever tasted white beans put to such interesting use as I scraped the last smudges from the plate. Restaurant Review: El Rey Coffee Bar & Luncheonette on the Lower East Side 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z On the single set of smudged antique mirrors and mismatched chairs, actors double as musicians and at intermission serve patrons beer from the onstage bar. Cue the 2012 Tony Awards, and a stripped-down Broadway season 2012-06-07T21:40:41Z This music sounds as if it’s shaking itself loose, but even as Logan uses his horn to smear and smudge different notes, he’s being decisive, shifting his priorities as the moment demands. Perspective | The coronavirus is devastating a uniquely American art form 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z About a decade ago, the artist Vija Celmins took an old blackboard, scratched and worn and chalk-smeared, and then had a perfect copy made down to its every crack and smudge. Seeing Double? So Do Great Artists. 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z You can’t really see stains or smudges on a black shirt unless someone hits you with neon paint. Travel Wise | How not to look like a tourist 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z We left it, like we left the black smudges on the back door where the police had dusted unsuccessfully for fingerprints. You’re the kids who robbed us: Our strange online encounter with our burglars 2014-04-12T23:00:00Z “I sage my apartment,” said Ms. Tran, referring to the practice, also known as smudging, of cleansing one’s home of bad spirits or energy with sage, thought by some to have cleansing properties. Witches of Bushwick Is a Social and Creative Group in Brooklyn 2014-02-12T23:42:18Z Spall said he had studied painting for two years in order to convincingly portray a painter who invented his own techniques, including spitting on his canvases to help smudge the paint. Mike Leigh brings Turner's stormy seas to sunny Cannes 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z “But that is the beauty of it. It’s like fresh flowers — you enjoy it and its fragility. So if the wall gets smudged, deal with it.” Step inside a home decorated for a 1-percenter: The 2016 Kips Bay show house 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z “There was a smudge of flame and smoke as a torpedo found its mark,” on the port side of the ship. Lost at Sea on the Brink of the Second World War 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Dimitrov cut a sleek profile, wearing a black leather jacket and a nonchalant smudge of kohl eyeliner. How the Astro Poets Lit Up the Internet 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z When the solo violin and flute returned to the melody together, Mr. Bell smudged the pitch on his repeated notes a bit, adding a dab of the blues to Tchaikovsky. Music Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra Opens the Tanglewood Festival 2013-07-07T21:57:38Z Unfortunately, he indulges in overkill, mixing together a plethora of whodunit tropes, including ciphers, a smudged photograph, ancient wrongs, rifled graves, a secret marriage, a lost will and, finally, a surprise ending. Rounding up some unusual suspects: Michael Dirda’s mystery book picks 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z The difference being that Davis and Crawford were in their 50s when they smudged the mascara. Brits in Spandex and girl power: movie trends that will keep us talking in 2013 2013-01-03T16:35:05Z But his surfaces, smudged and gouged with the imprint of his oil sticks — he likes that the medium offers “nowhere to hide” — have none of Pop Art’s factory-smooth flatness. Harold Ancart Brings His Kaleidoscopic Trees to Chelsea 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z “She kept opening her wallet and smudging her nails and I kept touching them up.” Nail Salons Offering Free Cocktails to Patrons 2010-08-11T19:07:00Z It’s kohl with a smudge stick at one end; it’s almost a nub now. You Won’t Look Like Sharon Stone at 59 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z She nodded, black eyeliner smudged around her bloodshot eyes. 'I'm Carmen. Nice to meet you again': why I faced my rapist in prison 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z I came home to her waving a burning bouquet of sage, smudging the house to ward off evil spirits. The Ghost Was the Least of Our Problems 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z From there until the final image, which powerfully reminds us that not every loss can be undone, the production insists on pushing the tonal contrasts rather than smudging them. Review: A Moving ‘Winter’s Tale,’ With Women in Charge 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Since black eye makeup can smudge, Ms. Cullen suggests dusting two or three layers of translucent powder on top. Smudgy Eye Makeup Makes a Comeback 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The mists of memory have erased some smudges. Will Gustavo Dudamel Be New York’s New Bernstein? 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Use the pen to touch up small mistakes or smudges without taking off the rest of your eye makeup. Small supplies, big beauty impact 2011-01-10T17:03:04Z He was going to be a star, but now, years later, he’s a nobody, self-consciously making smudged watercolors and sketches that he immediately declares worthless. ‘The Poltergeist’ Review: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Madman 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Use them to smudge eyeliner, smear bronzer, press bright stains into your cheeks and lips. Skin Deep: Imperfect Makeup Is a Trend for 2012 2012-01-18T21:26:30Z You look at Beethoven’s sketchbooks, and it looks like the battle of Waterloo — the cross-outs and the smudges. Larionoff, McCabe take on Beethoven’s violin sonatas at UW 2013-02-14T23:06:45Z Sean Young, curled into a folding chair atop peeling linoleum tiles with a smudged mirror behind her, claimed not to mind. ‘I’m Still Alive’: Sean Young Takes the Stage in ‘Ode to the Wasp Woman’ 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z They won’t smudge under your gloss, and the effect is effortless, as if your lashes just happened to be long, curled, dark and dense. Glossy Eyes Change Everything 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z In the more melodic passages he produced a lovely plangent sound and elegant phrasing, but in virtuosic showpieces like his Act 2 aria, ornaments often came out smudged and colorless. Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z “Your makeup may be a little smudged but that’s in a good way, hopefully.” Tatum hopes to set pulses racing with 'Magic Mike' London show 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The title should be as startling as the black smudge in the center of the composition. Life of a ?Salesman? 2012-03-01T19:52:26Z On your palm, a boat filled with refugees seems to hang by a thread leading to your smudged fingertips, a reminder of the fingerprint identity control that Europe now enforces on all migrants. Obsession, Mourning and Migration at Under the Radar 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z With his suburban niceness and elusive, rubberized features — any photo of him is bound to look smudged — he is a ’40s fella for the ’90s. Read TIME's First Review of "Forrest Gump" on the Film's 20th Anniversary 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z But is there a risk of smudging the details? Rhiannon Giddens Aims at 1800s America in Her Silkroad Plans 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z The BSO played the Rachmaninoff well; the score’s unfamiliarity elicited some smudged passages, but also a different energy level, as everyone concentrated on the challenge. BSO at Strathmore: A well-balanced ensemble that hits right at the surface In the pivotal role of Johnny, Smith is an appealingly disaffected hero, with a manic vibe and smudged guyliner beneath his bugged-out eyes. Keegan’s ‘American Idiot’ is lively but lacking in the song-and-dance department 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z There were knife pleats and asymmetrical peplums on dresses above the knee and a long skirt in a muted smudge print of pink and teal. Whitney Port inspired by crown jewels for spring 2012-09-13T02:06:08Z Another video shows a staff member cleaning up smudges of cake left behind at the scene of the crime. The Mona Lisa was attacked again ... this time with a slice of cake 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z If you should want a science jaunt devoid of evolution, A smudging and a fudging of the U.S. Style Invitational Week 1269: Mess with our heads 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The rough, plastered wood surface of "Watts Riot" is mostly smoky black and smudged and yellowing white. Noah Purifoy's smoldering work of art, 'Watts Riot,' is a powerful reminder on the 50th anniversary 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Yet the printing is so exact that there is not so much as a stray smudge in this jungle of leaves, vines, berries and flowers. Kelmscott Press, a Thing of Iron Musculature, Is to Be Sold 2013-12-05T15:00:01Z “If you’re writing to The Queen, you want the letter to look pretty perfect, you don’t want the ink to be smudged,” Julien said. John Lennon's Letter to Queen Elizabeth Found Inside Record Sleeve 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Her hands sneak into the frame now and then, clearing stray blades of grass that might obstruct a low-angled shot of sheep on a Bosnian hillside or scrubbing smudges from the windshield of a car. Review: In ‘Cameraperson,’ a Found Poem Filtered Through an Intent Eye 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z The wonderful thing about a person with a proper black skin playing Othello is that it doesn't smudge, so you can come to grips with each other. Not so black and white: South Africa on stage 2013-07-20T23:06:08Z It’s just before 5am at the Peppermill Restaurant and Fireside Lounge in Las Vegas when David Cooper, his eyes still smudged with kohl, pushes open the door. Welcome to life in a Vegas diner at 5am: 'Good morning … or good evening' 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z I started with Sue Devitt Eye Intensifier Pencil in Golden Triangle, smudging it into the lash line and the inner eye rim. | The Olive Eye 2011-10-07T18:11:07Z Brides and bridesmaids have become a target for these products, which promise to fake virgin skin without smudging. Field Notes: How Brides Are Choosing to Hide Their Tattoos 2012-12-14T01:35:34Z Several times he said that he had finished, but after pausing a few seconds, he would return to the canvas, daubing and smudging and spilling again. Adrien Brody Returns to His First Love: Painting 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z There are thousands of pencil marks in each drawing, some of them visible, some of them smudged away. With colored pencils and confessional phrases, Amanda Manitach’s art speaks to many 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z I pictured a gum wrapper with her name and number in smudged pencil being passed from one suburban patient to the next. Afterlives: My Mother’s Breast Cancer, and My Own 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The sharper lines of the drama are smudged out in the service of one awkward conceit or faulty performance after another. Review | Glenda Jackson as King Lear was a good idea. Why is everything around her so wrong? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z They are precisely arranged against a white background in a studio and photographed using a large format camera to capture every detail – a smudge, a trace of lipstick, a crumb. Geraldo de Barros: master of montage 2013-01-18T18:29:55Z Long before “interdisciplinary” became a cultural buzzword, Heiner Goebbels was smudging all manner of artistic boundaries. Surrender to a Boundary-Blurring Tour of Europe, War and Peace 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Paint a picture then slash it, or smudge it or shoot it with a gun. Review | At the Whitney, the monumental works of Julie Mehretu begin to stack up 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z She asked the collector why he liked the artist’s “smudges on paper.” After the Chase, the Long Goodbye 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z His warmly lighted, softly smudged images convey a world becoming slowly less distinct, as if being viewed through increasingly distanced eyes. Review: ‘Youth in Oregon’ Takes a Family on a Contentious Ride 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z That same night, every cop in the station went to the bar with nightsticks and reduced them to a “smudge on the floor.” ‘Billions’ Season 2 Premiere: Neanderthals 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z "Using a vacuum with an upholstery head attachment is a great way to remove food particles so that they don't smudge any grease or food into the upholstery," Bell and Dixon say. Your couch is calling for a clean (and you must go) 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Tracey Emin remembers and draws blindly through a sheet of carbon paper, peeling it back to reveal the bluish smudges and the line, a lamp-post and a girl on her back on the Margate esplanade. White Cube drawing show: The thin grey line 2010-07-20T20:31:00Z There are orchestras that play with more precision: Here and there an entrance was frayed, an ornament rendered with subtly smudged contours. Berlin’s State Opera Has Served Kings, Presidents and Dictators. Now What? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Blum’s human taxonomy—small gestures, plain T-shirts, smudges of eyeliner—is quotidian enough to be subversive. Another Side of Appalachia 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z So a model with smudged blue eye makeup and ho-hum hair wore a raspberry-colored knee-length jacket that opened to reveal a patent leather skirt or an asymmetrical dress that gaped open at the front. Special Report: Fashion: Taking Charge at Kenzo 2011-03-07T19:23:37Z Its color and pattern hide dampness and occasional smudges far better than its tattletale all-white cousin. Trading Up : In City Heat, Bandannas to the Rescue—Trading Up 2012-08-09T00:07:03Z The result smudges the memory of the music’s political roots. Black Artists Pioneered Electronic Music. This Festival Celebrates Them. 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z There’s a rugged loveliness to the L.A. painter’s seven abstract compositions, each of which is made up of simple shapes, unfussy smudges and wayward doodles. What to see in L.A. galleries: street-art ethos, a mesmerizing digital canvas, wild tapestries 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Light also diffuses through scratched glass and smudged plastic, yielding pictorial regions of milky mystery. Review | In the galleries: At American University Museum, a world of atmosphere 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Guitar notes were frayed and smudged with electronic pedals, and voices blended together, too, Taylor singing indecipherable lyrics and harmonizing frequently with his drummer and guitarist. Concert review: CANT at the Triple Door 10/03/11 2011-10-04T17:21:06Z Never mind the smudges in Wednesday’s delivery of the Gershwin classic “Who Cares?” Dance Review: A Way With Balanchine (and With a Talking Dancer, Too) 2010-09-17T22:28:00Z Look at this with binoculars and you may spot a blurry smudge that some see as coloured turquoise. The secrets to stargazing from your backyard 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Try not to cry while answering – smudging may invalidate your information. Actually, Mr Cameron, happiness is not being asked if we are happy 2010-11-21T00:08:00Z My halcyon memories of holidays in Ireland are marred by occasional smudges. ‘My mum always told me I was white, like her. Now I know the truth’ 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z "When I knew him, he was," she says, before running into the rainstorm to wash off the last smudges of Saul Goodman. Kim, Jimmy and the moral sandwich-making of "Better Call Saul" 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z The relatively small, flat island of Anguilla appeared as a scrub-covered outcropping on the horizon, an easily overlooked smudge on the surface of the sea. In laid-back Anguilla, Caribbean travelers find the right mix of bistro and beach 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z But then, her past is mostly a gray smudge in “Harlem Is Nowhere,” her personal exposition of the neighborhood. Books of The Times: A Young Writer Goes Searching for Harlem 2011-01-25T18:58:36Z I would have erased the group of us from the world with my palms, like smudging away a drawing on a chalkboard, if I could have. “I should have had the drugs”: The pregnancy that made me fear cars, carrots, forest fires and David Bowie 2014-04-15T22:59:00Z We know his soaring lines in the Declaration of Independence are smudged by the sweat of hundreds of slaves. ‘Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings’ reimagines his illicit affair 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Wouldn’t any rainbow effect be rinsed off or at least indelibly smudged by each subsequent partner? It’s a “blow job” because it’s work: How guys push women to make oral sex as common as shaking hands 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z A few times, this caving in of the voice resulted in a note being smudged off key, as if to evoke the death of music itself. Music Review: Gerald Finley and Julius Drake in the ‘Winterreise’ Cycle 2014-02-14T23:02:37Z There were no dents, scratches or even smudges. On Skyline Drive, make way for a rented Maserati. (Are you listening, deer?) 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z The smudges bring to mind the story of a Maryland slave owner, Col. Theaster Gates Turns the Stain of the Past Into Art 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z At first glance, it is merely dabs and amorphous shapes of red, white and blue on a green-gray background, but a closer look reveals that the white smudges, are, in fact, hooded Klansmen. ‘Fighting for Change’: Life as a Black Artist 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Painted and drawn, the outline of her limbs often smudges or even vanishes too. This week's new exhibitions 2011-02-12T00:05:41Z The smell of a freshly printed magazine or look of fingers smudged with newsprint may someday join the ranks of Kodak film, videotapes and typewriters. Hobbies: The art of paperback art 2010-08-16T20:47:00Z Afterwards, the Festival Chorus made its first contribution of the week in Rachmaninov's The Bells; that was less convincing, as detail was smudged by the resonance, and the textures melted into mush. Philharmonia/Ashkenazy – review 2013-07-29T19:05:10Z It’s why Urban Outfitters sells starter kits for witches, and raw crystal jewelry and sage smudging kits are as accessible as lip gloss in 2018. Bring on the witching hours: “AHS: Apocalypse” and the sisterhood that will save us 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z That phrase, while apt, smudges the names of those lost within the very system it describes. ‘Time’ Review: What We Really Mean When We Say Mass Incarceration 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z I came here to retread long-past family vacations and brush against the stories and characters I loved with an affection that age could not smudge. Disneyland with my invisible guest 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z By incredible luck the only injuries Mitchell appeared to sustain were aesthetically pleasing grease smudges on her arm. The mystery of the influencer and the Instagrammed motorcycle accident 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “Picking up soil and smudging it into their face, there’s nothing wrong with that,” Gilbert says. How gardening can help build healthier, happier kids 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z She covers these turbid, hot-colored grounds with those deft black lines and smudges, plus airbrushed spumes of white or red, and also multicolored halftone dots that form a bridge between image and information. Julie Mehretu’s Long Journey Home 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Yet they also exude an uncanny capacity to summon the kinds of mediated images that dominate our modern visual lives, like Polaroids whose color chemicals have been smudged by a thumb. A Trinidadian Friendship: Derek Walcott and Peter Doig 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Over lunch in London last month, there were faint smudges of tiredness under his eyes, but he was fidgety with energy. He Break Dances. He Pole Dances. He Sings Like an Angel. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z For several years, he withdrew from performing in public to innovate a tough, angular style of improvisation, with which he smudges conventional tonality without erasing it entirely. Chicago News Cooperative: Two Jazz Greats, Tightly Bound by Chicago 2010-09-24T04:45:00Z The motel room is seedy, with smudged walls and frayed carpeting. Review | Everything but the continental breakfast at ‘Crystal Creek Motel’ 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z In the Ortiz Funeral Home on Lorimer, Candida Rivera de Leon dabs smudged eyeliner and raises a perfectly threaded brow at the lady’s room mirror. 9 magical two-sentence stories for the new year 2013-12-31T01:00:00Z As we drove north, out of New Haven, she reached toward the front seat to adjust the radio, her fingers still smudged with paint from a week of art classes. Joyce Maynard’s Second Chances 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z I glanced up the stairs, but was distracted by the dried dark brown handprints that were smudged and trailing the walls up the once grand staircase. I left my drunk friends behind: Sobriety made me turn a terrifying new page 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Mangum performed in Chicago several times in the '90s, and his voice then was powerful but somewhat erratic, emotion often smudging pitch. Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum returns with his songs and their durability intact 2012-02-08T06:00:00Z A black bear smudged its nose on the window of my family’s 1957 Chevy and us kids spent weeks renewing the smudge with a little spit in hopes of prolonging the prestige. Reporting from Yellowstone: Yogi Bear's days are over 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z And while digital art is pristine, traditional art could be rife with blue-line marks, smudges and erasures. Superhero or Supervillain? Technology’s Role Changes Comic Books 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z As their feet swooshed across the surface, lines, circles and smears began to appear, gradually spreading to smudge the paper covering the rest of the stage. Dance Review: Doug Varone?s Former Dancers, at the 92nd Street Y 2010-03-15T21:39:00Z His right hand could zip and add bright dashes of color, or join the left in thick rhythmic smudges of harmony. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Check for fingerprints, smudges and smears, and wash with a solution of a half-gallon of warm water to one or two drops of Castile or dish soap. How to keep your house running smoothly, month by month 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Inside was a man's forearm, complete with little hairs and a smudged tattoo. Getting stuffed: a tale of love and taxidermy 2013-04-13T20:31:46Z The style of the chef and owner Andrew Curren leaves no smudged thumbprints. Choice Tables: Beyond Brisket and Burritos in Austin, Tex. 2013-12-03T21:04:26Z Meanwhile, from the bassinet emerge tubes and fluid containers that supposedly keep the smudge alive, as well as strange lights and electronic noises. ‘Smudge’ at WET: a blur more than a comedy 2013-04-04T22:42:46Z Tastefully nude, almost androgynous, they each exhibit an ashen, smudged pallor, bathed in dim lighting that subtly shifts like the movement itself. Eiko & Koma's invisible motion at MCA 2011-06-26T15:21:00Z On her belt was a little pouch made of bark-tanned salmon skin and deer hide holding a twig toothbrush, a sinew sewing cord and a bone needle, a piece of yerba santa for smudging. How to Prepare Now for the Complete End of the World 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z He’s produced a decorous and unexpectedly slight show, with the apocalyptic smudges scrubbed away for summer. A Mini-Met-Mashup on the Museum’s Roof, With Summer Views 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The only smudge on the stars-and-stripes tableau was his pair of Vans sneakers made in China. ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ Has a New Meaning 2012-09-15T01:00:36Z At the California African American Museum, Hinkle’s notebook-size contour drawings in black ink on paper are rendered with a line that ranges from tremulous to direct, elegantly sinuous to jabbed or smudged. 100 missing women: Drawings at African American museum tell a powerful story of loss 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z The photos were blown up to more than life-size, and one or two had the inky smudge of a passport stamp circled across them. Jon McGregor We Wave And Call 2011-07-22T22:00:49Z The conventional wisdom is that readers want something light and unchallenging for their summer vacations, something they don’t mind smudging with Coppertone and leaving behind at the rental house. ‘The Last Resort’ Interrogates the Beach While Enjoying It 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The colors are mostly pastels, and all but one canvas feature a bar, box or smudge of rosy pink. In the galleries: A personal look at a maker of monuments 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Here were seven very different people making those differences work together — true model-of-utopia stuff, especially in the concert’s hushed denouement, when the division of labor finally got a little smudged. Review | Janel Leppin’s Ensemble Volcanic Ash is making a jazzlike sound you can look forward to 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, the New York debut of Gabe Stone Shayer in the same role was impressive: less gleeful, with a touch more menace, only smudging minor details in the death scene. 4 Buzzy ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Debuts, 1 Fainthearted Production 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z It appears she only works two hours per visit, and I usually end up doing my own dusting or cleaning smudges off my countertops, and cleaning the floors. Ask Amy: Widowed mother-in-law still uses spouse’s parking permit 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z The first time I gazed upon the Times presses, I took in the smell of ink, the splotches that smudged the uniforms of the press operators, and the man-sized rolls of paper. For Labor Day, an appreciation of unheralded literary labor 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z The collection had a darkly Spanish flare, with models shrouded beneath black mantillas or stiff silvery silk infanta jackets that blended into their beautiful gowns, making them into dark smudges along the catwalk. Fashion Review: Fashion’s Young Guns Show Paris a Dark Side 2012-09-27T23:26:09Z Covered in gold body glitter and smudged black lipstick, I remember thinking, “No more first day of school birthdays, ever again.” Back to school dread at any age: it can't be just me, right? 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z They each walked away with a smudge of black makeup on their cheeks. A final night in blackface: Baltimore’s Al Jolson impersonator calls it quits 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z There were two brief technical smudges, but nothing that experience should not fix. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s Production of ‘La Bayadère’ 2012-05-29T22:16:53Z On the day we visited, steam from the pools smudged into the cloudy sky above, creating an otherworldly dome of white haze. In Iceland, a geothermal soak is the ultimate cure-all 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The smudges and footprints that sullied those earlier paintings are gone, and, except for some mottled passages of pink clouds, the canvases might as well have been inkjet-printed. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z To avoid looking like Pig-Pen, carry a stain remover to erase spills and smudges, hand-wash items in the sink or use a laundering service. Tips on how to travel light without sacrificing comfort and style 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z They buff Spears’ chirpy voice until it’s just another serviceable part – distorting it, smudging it, making it skip -- in a big, gleaming machine. Britney Spears debuts new single, 'Hold it Against Me' 2011-01-10T19:15:34Z Pairs of limp white gloves hang in the air, without the tell-tale smudges of grime they collected when the princess inspected sanitary conditions in the hospitals she visited. Grace Kelly: Style Icon at the V&A 2010-04-17T23:09:00Z His video technology simulates torn, smudged and weathered paper. Review | In the galleries: Myths and respite at the American University museum 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z "You walk into her studio and she's smudged with graphite, and her pictures are a call to action. She told me that when we lose these animals, we lose our humanity." Two L.A.-area artists make cut for Crystal Bridges exhibit 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z They were beautiful, evocative of splatter paintings or smudged ink on a comics page, and they were finished with long silk fringe, as were gowns in solid hues of turquoise and bisque, among other colors. Donatella Versace Has Friends for Dinner and Dances 2010-09-25T00:35:00Z To create a smudged effect—a technique that characterized Wool’s later work—he used solvent-soaked rags. A Christopher Wool Original Is on the Block 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Guitars made a comeback, hiphop kept pushing boundaries, and electronic music smudged together all types of sounds. Best Seattle pop music, 2010: arcs and top ten 2010-12-30T10:57:06Z Fenella France, a scientist in the library’s Preservation Research and Testing Division, first examined the smudged word last fall. Thomas Jefferson Changes His Mind 2010-07-02T22:03:00Z Or illness is smudged blue eyeliner and pale, moist faces, not the brick red chemo flush on dry cheeks I remember too well. “Deadpool” gets cancer right: Debunking the “hero” survivor myth, one smart-aleck joke at a time 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z With Kitade sporting teased hair, dark, smudged makeup, ropes and an arm piercing, it's safe to assume her music will also take a turn for the darker. Why Japanese pop matters 2010-03-25T23:10:00Z Los Angeles and its environs, photographed to look smudged and nearly colorless, is almost another character in a film that cloaks the city in a glum, noirish ambiance. | 'Mercy': Scott Caan, Star and Writer of Tough-Guy Romance 2010-04-30T00:17:00Z It is by now a hackneyed observation that photography provokes distance: it yanks us out of the present moment, it conceals the real behind a smudge of images. How Larry Sultan Made His Father a Metaphor for Dashed American Dreams 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z I saw my friend far ahead of me, her jacket a tiny red smudge below the trees and the falls. Vancouver Island, Through an Artist’s Eyes 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z I excitedly showed him my page, explaining that our valley view at that moment was like a smudged thumbprint of the Cole masterpiece. Following the Hudson River School Art Trails in 3 States 2012-08-30T21:34:56Z The year of mumble rap was rough on pedantic grumps who use the term “mumble rap” — a pejorative hurled at young artists who smudge their rhymes with melody. Perspective | How to love that Black Thought freestyle and ‘mumble rap’ at the same time 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The casual anti-semitism he occasionally received was a sort of relief, as if you’d been right to smudge over the details of your Ashkenazi ancestry. Map the smells of your day. It will be heady with truths 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Upon rounding the corner, we catch my grandmother — with a smudge of oatmeal on her lower lip — in an egregious act of holiday culinary sabotage. The sweet potato casserole feud that almost imploded Thanksgiving 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z On Sunday Best – almost a Costello title – she snarls cutely, as though she doesn't want to smudge her lipstick or crease her copy of Vogue. New band of the day ? No 985: Washington 2011-03-14T17:49:37Z “Some smudges or white streaks may appear near edges, seams and collars and are normal.” The Misunderstanding of J. R. Smith 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z It was raining and muddy, after all, and even slightly smudged, the panda bears at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding were still absurdly adorable. In Chengdu, Finding Peace in Parks and Heat in Cuisine 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z In his own comics, Mr. Panter embraces the loose, rough line, the smudges and the mistakes, the crosshatching. When a Comic Book Hillbilly and Milton Collide 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The instruments smudged and blurred into each other until the whole black-white-gray dirge burst into brilliant flame with the Allegro. Review: George Shangrow memorial added to Seattle chamber fest's Eastside opener 2010-08-05T20:34:00Z Holding the glass by the stem helps avoid finger smudges and prevents the wine from being warmed by the heat of the hand. The Best Wine Glass for Any Occasion: Our Critic Reviews 5 New Contenders 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Every gesture is perfectly timed and legible, no detail smudged. Review: In ‘The Art of Abhinaya,’ Bragha Bessell Dances With Masterly Range 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Inside, the club was a gallery of spiky hair, frilly shirts, killer heels and garish smudges of lipstick and blusher. Steve Strange: The custodian of New Romantic pop 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z On the return drive, Eric pulled over to further inspect a thick dark smudge along the river’s edge. Ferry-camping in Alaska’s Inside Passage “First Creatures,” a 1959 centerpiece, is marked by intensely emotive brushwork – smudging on the left and dribbling on the right of the mural-scale primed linen. Within Walking Distance of La Biennale Paris 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z As anyone who has ever had to prepare colour pictures for monochrome printing will be aware, contrast and tone have to be manipulated so the image doesn’t end up as a grey smudge. The Oscars' love affair with monochrome is not black and white 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Upon rounding the corner, we catch my grandmother — with a smudge of oatmeal on her lower lip — in an egregious act of holiday culinary sabotage. The sweet potato casserole feud that almost imploded Thanksgiving 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z “Draw like nobody’s watching,” he said, smudging a line with his middle finger. Christian Slater Is a Still-Life Artist 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z When I catch him, he looks up with a vaguely guilty expression and dirty smudges around his lips. How gardening can help build healthier, happier kids 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z In the distance, we could make out puffs of dark smoke smudging the blue sky: the location of the active cone. On Top of Mount Etna, a Lesson in Lava (and Luck) 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Oscar Murillo adds small smudges and smears of paint and pieces of tape to dirtied raw canvases. Art in Review: ‘Xstraction’ 2013-06-06T18:13:39Z “I’ve been imagining my whole life how to play her,” the actress, 39, says as she smudges black eye shadow on her cheeks for her first entrance as a grimy Covent Garden flower girl. What’s it like behind the scenes at ‘My Fair Lady’? We went backstage with Laura Benanti. 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z For example in one episode, after the remains of children are discovered, mourners are smudged with sage, to honor the dead. ‘Three Pines,’ Based on Louise Penny Books, Tackles Indigenous Suffering 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Consider one of the best works in the show, a large-scale drawing by Julie Mehretu, in which a finely etched suggestion of architectural facades is overlaid with a storm of delicate lines, smudges and erasures. Wandering from the straight path of clarity, it’s still full of powerful art 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z At the beach access point, a volunteer warned us to not smudge the turtle tracks, which researchers would study later. At a South Florida hospital, heroes for the half-shell 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z And that was something she could have some fun with, a category she could smudge. Olivia Newton-John: That Headband Was a Crown 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z At a stroke, she revealed not only quotidian ’grams of sunsets and lunches, but also more than three dozen distorted selfies, deformed by unnatural smudges, copious flares and kaleidoscopic reflections. Cindy Sherman Takes Selfies (as Only She Could) on Instagram 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Another flag is hand-painted on a square of canvas and propped in a window, its stars and stripes smudged by rain or heat. The Colors of American Patriotism in the Age of Trump 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z But now, instead of piling up countless layers, he continuously tweaks fewer tracks; the timbres keep changing on vocals, drums and instrumental lines, smudging each one just so. Review: Tame Impala’s New Album Clears the Haze 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z I lived in fear of essays with smudges. Possessed: Better Penmanship, Less Pain 2011-02-05T00:51:47Z Rigsby delivered a whirling sense of speed — you could almost feel the wind as he and Burke whipped past the cameras — but he smudged the footwork and had trouble synchronizing his body with hers. Perspective | Peloton’s Cody Rigsby is powerfully predictable on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z He never did lose control, or even so much as smudge textures in Beethoven’s rapid passagework. Music Review: Soheil Nasseri Plays Hormoz Farhat at Merkin Hall - Review 2011-09-07T20:48:25Z We’ll have to see if blends in to a whole masterpiece or just ends up being a bunch of pretty colors sitting next to each other, trying to be something more than a smudge. American Horror Story's Freak Show clowns and creeps absurd as ever 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Or the Twittering Machine, that magical, smudged poem about anarchic voices at dawn. Paul Klee by Philip Hensher 2011-08-05T21:55:08Z But Columbo lives on as the shining ideal of anyone with a smudge on his tie, whose car isn't the sportiest, who often seems clueless, who gets dissed by fancy people. Peter Falk, TV's rumpled Columbo, has died 2011-06-25T11:45:14Z “We had to get off the plane because of lightning and there were dirty toes smudges where his feet were. I am not exaggerating,” the comic added in a follow-up message. Comedian shames plane passenger who put bare, 'dirty' feet on in-flight screen 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z A message on the front in smudged blue ink read: “Happy Mother’s Day.” A Child’s Drawing Tucked in an Agatha Christie Book Is Its Own Mystery 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Sometimes they don’t register beyond silhouettes, leaving traces on the stage — smudges of red and fuchsia, as rendered by Behnaz Aram’s costumes. Review: Dancing for Themselves in an Underworld of Shadows 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The lines between where the game ended and reality began sometimes smudged. In ‘Dispatches From Elsewhere,’ Art Imitates Art Imitating Life 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z As in many of Mr. Taylor’s works, the dividing line is smudged. Dance Review: Ending Up All Alone, and Making It Beautiful 2011-07-22T22:01:27Z The sky is excluded from many of these pictures, and when it does enter, it is often a gray smudge of smog. Sunlit Apocalypse: The Imperiled World of Robert Adams 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z This dark, smudged look had become a signature of Ms. Fox’s around late January, when her attendance at a few Parisian couture fashion shows flooded social media. Julia Fox Will Come for You 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Three of these casts brought a happy development: The restoration of a moment, late in the adagio, that has been smudged away by most other dancers this century. 4 New Cavaliers Go Full Throttle in ‘The Nutcracker’ 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Achieved with areas of smudged paint or plaster, collage, photographs and ghostly silhouettes, her works bear her out. Museum and Gallery Listings for April 18-24 2014-04-17T23:08:59Z Right out of the pot, the steamed meat isn’t just tender, but in places deliciously sticky, smudged with chile adobo, falling apart, barely even connected to the bone. The Birria Boom Is Complicated, but Simply Delicious 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z “No, I’m talking about snorting and grunting, with mascara smudging my face.” The story of Kamala and Doug, a match made in Hollywood (literally) 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z The too-earthy show’s design of colored sand below and tattered fabric above creates a smudged, static look that glumly announces ruin and sticks with it. Review | ‘King Lear’ with Rick Foucheux is a family meltdown 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z “You can always do some clearing of your own with some white sage or Palo Santo incense. That works well. And don’t forget to smudge between your legs!” Driving the Stake Through Emotional Vampires 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z It’s an inviting landscape smudged with soft color, but as she stares at the signs with furrowed intensity, she chews on a fingernail so ferociously she seems on the verge of tearing it off. Review: On Violence and the Pain of Others in ‘Three Billboards’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z So I brought him to the Algonquin because I hoped the patina of love might smudge off on him. My Dorothy Parker years 2012-06-09T00:00:00Z A few missed notes and one smudged passage became part of the drama of this daunting piece. Pianist Yundi leads with quiet force at Disney Hall 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z But because the pots are all charcoal black, they look like funerary urns or smudges of ash. What to See in New York Galleries This Week 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z There was no mascara and a golden brown defining pencil was smudged under the eye for an effect that was "slightly worn, faded, like a natural shadow would be." | Burberry 2012-09-17T22:44:07Z Her face is harshly powdered in white, and her black eye makeup looks smudged. Martha Graham at VPAC: Dance as bridge from past to future 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z But if you’re picturing a frazzled workaholic with smudged mascara, chipped nail polish and a pencil holding up root-showing frizz, think again. Skin Deep: Mobile Grooming Services for Busy Working Women 2012-09-19T21:49:38Z Everything looks a little dusty and dirty, including BB-8, whose white-and-orange chassis is so smudged you could almost write “wash me” on its surface with your finger—it’s a marvelous touch. Review: The Force Awakens Is Everything You Could Hope For in a Star Wars Movie—And Less 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Larger orchards heat trees with smudge pots or use helicopters and wind machines to stir up the air on particularly frigid nights. Peaches are a minor part of Georgia’s economy, but they’re central to its mythology 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z On the virtual tour of the Uffizi in Florence the paintings are sometimes little more than framed smudges on the wall. Critic?s Notebook: The Work of Art in the Age of Google 2011-02-06T22:50:35Z Unknowing fingers pop photos out of frames for resale, smudging black and white portraits on their way to the trash. Looking for Uncle Allan: A queer odyssey 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z But the line may be more smudged than we think. Review | The sourest, meanest mouth in the history of portraiture 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z It seems to me a slightly obscene marriage of commercialism and poetry, but then again, the line between what it is and isn’t acceptable to appropriate seems to have faded into a faint smudge. My father’s terrible behaviour means I can’t be intimate with men | Dear Mariella 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z At the California African American Museum in Exposition Park, those smudges list titles of 31 movies, most from the Golden Age of Hollywood yet most also half-forgotten. In Gary Simmons' hands, classic film titles ooze with racial history 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Often, their eyes are rimmed in smudged black liner. Nothing says subversive fashion like scowling models with greasy hair 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z If he walks by and sees a smudge left by a visitor who has somehow touched its tall, clear case, he pulls out a handkerchief. Science, Splendor and ‘Dresden Green’ to Impress a Sovereign 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Tousled hair, smudged eyeliner, dewy lips and luminous skin are in. Skin Deep: Imperfect Makeup Is a Trend for 2012 2012-01-18T21:26:30Z Her makeup was smudged, her hot pink down jacket dusted with snow. Someone to hold me 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z "Smudged, I should say. Rather than muddier, it's more smudged and smeared around, the sound on that record." Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes on "Medazzaland" turning 25: "I love the sonic architecture" 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Black birds circled treetops, the skeleton of an unfinished house shone below and drawings by his soon-to-be-2-year-old daughter bloomed in pastel smudges on the porch. Tom Bissell's 'Apostle' takes a ride-along through unanswerable questions about Jesus' disciples 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Unfamiliarity presumably accounted for a few isolated smudges, but on the whole the orchestra mastered this brilliant, diffuse and fitful music. Music Review: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in Newark - Review 2012-01-09T22:57:25Z The children left telltale smudges on their smiling faces. Maryland’s family-friendly Cunningham Falls State Park is perfect for first-time campers 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Gray smudges of light indicated something like dawn was approaching. Forgoing Sunrise for Sunset on Maui’s Volcano 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z I’m doing little adjustments, little tweaks, saying here we want a bit more smudge, here we want a bit more bag. | Q. and A. With Dick Page 2014-02-12T21:59:43Z Still, no one interested in pushing and smudging the boundaries of contemporary opera and theater should miss it. ‘Here Be Sirens,’ a Little Philosophy Included 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Guitar tones were smudged, phased and fried, central to the grand edifices of warped melody at the core of many of Tame Impala’s songs. Concert review: Tame Impala at the Vic 2013-03-07T05:58:00Z They were dreamlike images of city life, faces in a crowd blurred by motion or darkly smudged, like scenes glimpsed in a trance. William Klein, Who Photographed the Energy of City Life, Dies at 96 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Its beautiful coat, he wrote, “is the most wonderful tangle of stripes, bars, chains, spots, dots and smudges.” ‘Wildcat’ Review: Rescue and Rewild 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z There is a strain of magic realism that emerges in “Lodge 49,” but just the barest amount, like a smudge of gold dust. Review: ‘Lodge 49,’ Where Beautiful Losers Join the Club 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Although movers, installers and other workers do their best to protect all surfaces, there is invariably a ding, smudge or scratch made somewhere. How to tackle smudges and chips to keep painted walls looking new 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z At the word’s end, a spritz of black spray-paint turns the superfecta into something between a smudge and a dark shooting star. Sadie Barnette's 'Superfecta' and the bets of the art world 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Very soon, a faint smudge appeared on the horizon, getting closer and closer. 'Hippos snapped my last boat in half': Planet Earth II's hairiest moments 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z You'll never look at a smudge on a window in the same way again. Six to watch: TV priests and vicars 2013-01-24T15:00:00Z The emulsion is smudged across Billy’s hips; his rough sweater may have rubbed it before it dried. Antiques: Billy the Kid, Toshiko Takaezu, Mural, Vietnam War Zippos 2011-06-16T21:13:56Z I’d squint at the smudged stamps strewn across its pages, remembering where I had been and imagining where I was headed. There Are 13 Quotations in a U.S. Passport. Guess How Many Are From Men? 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z His lyrics — smudged poetry and cursive lines — are penciled in a spiral notebook. Sound of the White Buffalo can be found between tenderness and a growl 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Wit and eccentricity also characterized the wrong-note variation and the extended minor variation, with some smudging of the extensive runs in the very fast fugue. In Jeremy Denk’s Kennedy Center recital, the music has the most meaning when he talks about it 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Under the gun, thanks to last week’s revelation that he faked the Penguin’s assassination, Gordon was forced to play a little rougher than usual on Monday, in a welcome smudging of his typical nobility. 'Gotham' Recap: All Hail the Penguin 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Many works here are sensual and eerie, with smudged images or faces double exposed like ghostly visitations. This week's new exhibitions 2011-07-22T23:08:10Z In eighth grade, I daily pressed my forehead to the smudged window of the school bus and invented capital punishments for him as the landscape ticked by. How many times had I wished my father dead? This time, it was different 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z “Soundwalk” doesn’t just smudge the fine lines between individual and community, public and private. Perspective | ‘Soundwalk’ turns Central Park into an intoxicating musical adventure 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z He explained that even "a little smudge" on his lenses distracted him. Herbie Hancock mixes it up at Benaroya Hall 2011-11-19T22:33:06Z His playing of the Sonata in E major, Op 109, captured the work's balance of innocence and overwhelming power, all tightly controlled; a tiny smudge was almost reassuring, proof that Williams is indeed human. Ll?r Williams ? review 2010-12-15T23:00:01Z Backstage there were Red Bulls, white wine and Emergen-C — and straws, to avoid smudging lipstick. Is This the Golden Age of Drag? Yes. And No. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z My heartbeat was surging through my lower lip, pressed smudged and sleepy against the moss green linen of my bedsheet, and I was so deliciously alone, soft and untouched. Intimacy in Isolation 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Kate — mascara smudged and lipstick smeared — says the next morning, leading Joan to reveal that 15 years later, the men in the firm still treat her like a secretary. ‘Mad Men’ and Its Love Affair With ’60s Pop Culture 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Ideally, hold it by the stem, which keeps the wine from being warmed by your hand and prevents finger smudges. No-Sweat Answers to Some Basic Wine Questions 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z The paintings’ resined surfaces are strewn with scraps of paint, and traces of lines and smudges of color are still visible beneath layer after superimposed layer. Brazil’s Top Modern Artist gets Rio Homecoming 2013-08-26T17:01:30Z Minx, which costs about $55 at most places and is applied with pressure and heat, requires no drying time and won’t chip or smudge when you fumble your keys as you leave the nail salon. Skin Deep: Every Finger Tells a Story 2010-10-13T21:29:00Z That is the only real dramatic issue at stake, the only question that might smudge the family Christmas card perfection of this story. Film review: The Blind Side 2010-03-25T22:20:00Z I curl my lashes; I put on a light coat of mascara and a little eye pencil as close as I can to my lashes and then smudge it a bit. You Won’t Look Like Sharon Stone at 59 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z The only weird thing: All around her collarbone and neck were charcoal smudges — they almost looked like fingerprints. Beer and loathing at the Preakness Stakes 2013-05-25T16:00:00Z She is an atheist, “but then there has to be some smudging of the edges for me,” she said. When Her Mother Died, She Found Solace at a Korean Grocery 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z “Nobody cares what the dish number is anymore, so it ends up across the table. By the time you get it, it’s a smudge on a plate.” Small Plates Grow Up 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The iconic New York park is no mere green smudge on Manhattan’s face. Central Park: A green island in Manhattan Although he shared the stage with about 20 other musicians and backup singers, it was hard to miss the self-proclaimed “divo de Juarez” in a ruffled white shirt and his signature smudges of black eyeliner. Mexican ranchera star Juan Gabriel proves he still has what it takes 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z The resulting smudge is at MoMA in its original gilded frame. Robert Rauschenberg: It Takes a Village to Raise a Genius 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z She painted a striking green eye with smudged makeup in the first round of September’s competition. Art Battle Seattle turns painting into a live competition, complete with DJ, audience and drinks 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The Victorians had a big problem with make-up, as did the great Olivier: he couldn't really embrace Desdemona in case he got smudges on her like that. Not so black and white: South Africa on stage 2013-07-20T23:06:08Z Clark’s guitar doesn’t always sound like a guitar – it is distorted, smudged, sometimes altered beyond recognition. Album review: St. Vincent, 'Strange Mercy' 2011-09-12T02:34:00Z When she feels like it, she smudges on some red or blue eye shadow. A New Look for a New World 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Shilonosova enjoys smudging lines, playing around in the various spaces in which noise becomes music, marrying traditional instruments, ambient sounds, atonal composition, and electronic grooves. A Glimpse of Alternative Russia Through the Music of Kate NV 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Copious sidebars add depth, but most are difficult to read because they are printed against a smudged gray background. Books: A Time to Turn Pages Instead of Corners 2012-12-09T04:17:17Z I tried to make sense of it, but the script was faded and smudged, impossible to discern. James Salter’s ‘Blue, Indolent’ Corner of Burgundy 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Rhythms that in other hands are almost clinical in their regularity begin to smudge, the music newly volatile and feeling. Philip Glass Is Too Busy to Care About Legacy 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Sweat causes foundation to smudge and renders powder useless; lip color rubs off on the fabric. Want boldly made-up eyes above your mask? Here’s how to get the look while staying safe. 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z But in the main, the cast are smudged together and mugged by the concept. A Woman Killed with Kindness; Loyalty; Ghost ? review 2011-07-23T23:06:30Z We get a side view, like looking at the edge of a Frisbee, and the picture is an underwhelming, if tantalizing, gray smudge in the sky. Arizona’s Kitt Peak Observatory offers a perfect sight-line to the stars 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z In the mid-20th century, the city experienced an industrial boom with 1,400 factories, including many — oil refineries, glass works, ship building, iron foundries — that left a dark smudge on the riverside landscape. Amazon chose two locations for its new headquarters. Now, we go explore them. 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Since it began, “Girls” has had fun blurring, highlighting, smudging and then redefining the line between Ms. Dunham and her character. 'Girls' Recap: The Line Between Hannah Horvath and Lena Dunham Gets Blurry 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z One touch and your refrigerator is totally smudged. 5 cleaning mistakes you don't even know you're making 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z “If you’re putting a smudge of ashwagandha in your smoothie here and there, it’s unlikely to do to much,” she said. What Are Adaptogens? 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z The subject matter of most photos in Carucci’s series “Midlife” is unremarkable: a smudge of lipstick; the knuckles of a hand; a gray hair; a ripple of cellulite. A Photographer’s Intimate Self-Portrait of Womanhood in Middle Age 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Up close you see that the smudges are clusters of toy figures — tipped-over carts, fallen horses soldiers — stuck to the canvas surface with engulfing gouts of pigment. Finding Common Ground at El Museo del Barrio 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z I tag along with Petraeus and his entourage to the nearby school, a handful of rooms packed with boys learning lessons by rote repetition scrawled on dusty, smudged blackboards. 15 minutes with David Petraeus: In which he uses his Jedi-like ability to ramble at will while I sit in stupefied silence 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z I return to an upright position and study my screen where Kel’s cheerful face is framed by a gallery of other students, each a small, smudged figure drawing in motion. Streaming the flow: 'Next yoga class I'll turn my webcam on' 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z Other relationships skitter across Burton and Taylor's narrative horizon: the faintest outline of a doting daughter here, the briefest smudge of a supportive young wife there. Burton And Taylor: pills, booze and divadom 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z Another violinist might have tried for a more idiomatically French sound, but the middle movement, with its bluesy smudged slides, actually gained a certain sly sex appeal from the Perlman treatment. Itzhak Perlman Returns for Solo Recital at Lincoln Center 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z The spray will bring back the original luster of the material and leave a thin layer of wax that will resist fingerprints and smudges. How to fight fingerprints and keep stainless steel looking new 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z In other pictures, untreated, the light sky is smudged irregularly. Much About This Artist Is in Doubt. Not His Talent. 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Ensconced in the bulky pelt of an indeterminate beast, Antony Sher’s King Lear enters, separate and unequal, carried aloft in a smudged plexiglass box. Review: A ‘King Lear’ in Which You Feel for All the Daughters 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z The drawing arrived a week later, in a smudged, letter-size envelope that was addressed, in Bob’s wayward, all-capitals style, to me. A Tiny Masterpiece by Robert Rauschenberg 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Steel writes with force rather than exactness; the background to the play's events is smudged and it's as if everyone is not only physically threatened but also besieged in the brains department. Ditch; Marine Parade 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z Rather than muddier, it's more smudged and smeared around, the sound on that record. Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes on "Medazzaland" turning 25: "I love the sonic architecture" 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z A bespectacled Dean lounges backstage in a director’s chair, his smudged sneakers propped up in front of him. Phil Stern, photographer of stars during Hollywood’s golden age, dies at 95 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z “Social media has made brides feel as though they should fit into a mold of ‘the perfect bride’ who is skinny, hair is perfect, makeup is without smudge, and flowers are larger than she is. The Sexist Undertones of Wedding Marketing 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z And three canoes — minimalist masterpieces, mere crescents with vertical smudges as paddlers. Trekking With Wolves 2010-02-20T06:14:00Z One seems to depict food packaging; the other is a field of random letters, beautifully smudged and au courant. Outsider Art 2017: A Top 10 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The mountains are implacable triangles of deep blue, softened by small, smudges of brighter colors, “at right.” Meret Oppenheim: Enough With That Tempest in a Teacup 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Though the leading four roles were generally happily taken, they involve a few demands that are beyond many adult performers; on this occasion there were a few smudges. Dance Review: The Balanchine Way, Imprinted 2011-06-08T21:28:34Z A week in, the sprawling spans of frosted glass around the promenade are already smudged, which is a little icky and a little charming: The new Geffen Hall already has a comfortable, lived-in feel. After Decades, the Philharmonic’s Hall Sounds and Feels More Intimate 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The condition of some people’s recent memories — smudged, shuffled — is not surprising to psychologists who study how memories are formed. Greetings from the pandemic memory hole, where the last two years are one big blur 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Ligon frequently quotes African-American literature or pop culture, smearing or smudging stenciled letters in his works to reflect and emphasize the messiness or violence of the content — or the threat of historical erasure. The Art of Staying Cool: 10 Can’t-Miss Summer Shows in New York 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z One by one, she unfurled drawings from her portfolio, and I held down the corners of each as she sprayed on a fixative meant to prevent smudging. Joyce Maynard’s Second Chances 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z I thought, If somebody smudges this, I am going to lose my mind. Design: Who Made That Cubicle? 2012-06-22T17:14:00Z The paperbacks I picked up had creased spines and dog-eared pages, coffee stains and smudges — hard evidence of committed reading. Wallace Stegner and the Conflicted Soul of the West 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z For DSquared2, the makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury, working for MAC Cosmetics, smudged glitter around the eyes as if it were kohl liner. Skin Deep: Glittery Eye Makeup 2012-01-09T20:07:05Z "The great thing about the lynx is that it has got this brown smudge as well as black and white," enthuses Penny about the animal whose fur Titian so convincingly copied. Titian discovery at National Gallery 2013-01-07T21:51:45Z Or they would smudge muck all over the lens. War and Gorillas and Other Hazards of Documentary Filmmaking 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z At Dior, there was only a smudge of black, and none of those drab military and Sahara tones that make you feel as if you should be operating a tank. Fashion Review: Paris Couture Shows Stress Lots of Colors 2010-07-07T20:36:00Z After Virgil identifies a yellow smudge on a letter that might be a clue as the residue of Cheetos, Skinner corrects him. Review | How does he do it? John Sandford’s ‘Holy Ghost’ is another winner. 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Composed entirely of vertical lines in subtly varying shades of gray, the painting is hard to see it first, like a passing shadow, or a dark smudge. Latin American Artists Reinvent Their Histories 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z He fills in the colors with layering, smudging. Growing older without growing up: Graffiti artist Borf 10 years later 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z It was like a traditional portrait of a man, but his features were smudged and blurry. Artists Explore A.I., With Some Deep Unease 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z |
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