On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Smarmy. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as buttery or fulsome and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Smarmy in a sentence
Smarmy meaning
- Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.
- Unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade.
Using Smarmy
- The main meaning on this page is: Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious. | Unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade.
- Useful related words include: buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous.
- In the example corpus, smarmy often appears in combinations such as: as smarmy, with smarmy.
Context around Smarmy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Smarmy
- In this selection, "smarmy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sense, history and slick stand out and add context to how "smarmy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a smarmy male singer and as a smarmy villain. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "smarmy" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with smarmy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Smarmy history and utter lack of self-awareness in that post aside, Pitino is correct. (15 words)
When a smarmy, handsome lawyer named Duncan (Mark Ruffalo) pays a visit, he offers her freedom. (16 words)
She’s a convincing puppet as smarmy lawyer Billy Flynn (David Rosser) speaks for her, ventriloquist style. (17 words)
Frank Capra’s evergreen romcom all but invented the love-hate formula that’s one model for silver screen chemistry, hoicking up Colbert’s skirt to flash a leg when they need to hitch-hike, and dismantling Gable’s smarmy defences. (41 words)
While it would normally be fair to understand these sorts of smarmy clichés as efforts to distract from a refusal to speak truth to power, there appears to be a tactical purpose here. (33 words)
Waters plans to build a lavish shopping center in the small town, and it’s instantly clear from Long’s smarmy slick performance that his character is up to no good. (31 words)
Example sentences (14)
His dashing leading man looks combined with a smarmy sense of humor works well for a character literally defined by having roguish charm.
Smarmy history and utter lack of self-awareness in that post aside, Pitino is correct.
Waters plans to build a lavish shopping center in the small town, and it’s instantly clear from Long’s smarmy slick performance that his character is up to no good.
When a smarmy, handsome lawyer named Duncan (Mark Ruffalo) pays a visit, he offers her freedom.
SNL’s Alex Moffat shines as Keith, Stacey’s narcissistic tech boyfriend, adding just the right smarmy edge to make his character both frustrating and irresistible.
Though his name was once floated as a future James Bond, he played against type in the 2015 comedy “Spy” as a smarmy villain.
Frank Capra’s evergreen romcom all but invented the love-hate formula that’s one model for silver screen chemistry, hoicking up Colbert’s skirt to flash a leg when they need to hitch-hike, and dismantling Gable’s smarmy defences.
She shakes and shimmies as a smarmy male singer, while bikini-clad babes dance behind her or unconvincingly “play” instruments.
Smarmy Wallace is the token anti Trumper left on FOX since they got rid of Shep & he should not moderate either.
While it would normally be fair to understand these sorts of smarmy clichés as efforts to distract from a refusal to speak truth to power, there appears to be a tactical purpose here.
He could be sadistic, he could be smarmy and he could bend the rules as much as possible to get a win or to get in the head of his opponents.
Rafe has certainly made his fair of mistakes, but Eli won’t want Hope throwing away their marriage over someone as smarmy as Ted.
She’s a convincing puppet as smarmy lawyer Billy Flynn (David Rosser) speaks for her, ventriloquist style.
Whatever the reason, when Data issued a knowing quip with a smarmy expression, it did come off as annoying sometimes.
Common combinations with smarmy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as smarmy 4×
- with smarmy 2×