Recent Examples on the WebThe native Washingtonian’s abstractions feature large blocks of smeary, thickly applied color set off by circles, X-shapes and what appear to be rips in the pigment. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 And, unlike a tap on a screen, swiping up and down adds smeary fingerprints, so that might be alleviated with this new mechanic. David Phelan, Forbes, 24 July 2022 The cleanly cut patterns are as precise as the applied pigment is loose and smeary. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 June 2022 Generally, intense deodorants leave sticky and smeary residues on your clothing. Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 May 2022 The monochromatic drawings appear more energetic and spontaneous, with smeary blacks and large areas of white that pull the viewer's eye into the compositions.Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022 Meantime, her guitars and synths often aspire to airy, smeary, hornlike communication, and even the drums, for all their tidiness, consistently speak in umphs and hisses.Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 Earth and sky are clearly distinguished in the typical Jane Kell landscape, but details of both are soft, smeary and almost vaporous.Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022 Say goodbye to the smeary residue some polishes leave and the extra buffing needed to remove it. Carolyn Forte, Good Housekeeping, 17 Aug. 2021 See More