Wondering how to use Smears in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Smears meaning
plural of smear
Using Smears
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of smear
- In the example corpus, smears often appears in combinations such as: and smears, smears and, smears are.
Context around Smears
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Smears
- In this selection, "smears" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, woakes, hospital, character, triggering, double and easily stand out and add context to how "smears" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and character smears and as preposterous smears and a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "smears" sits close to words such as abnormality, absenteeism and absorbent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with smears
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It smears physicians who work for the public’s health. (10 words)
This is not the first time Ali has faced online smears. (11 words)
Iyer smears Hartley for two to bring an increasingly assured with Gill. (12 words)
The former president elevated a post that falsely claimed Haley wasn’t eligible to be president because her parents weren’t citizens when she was born in South Carolina, echoing the birther smears he had once leveled against former President Barack Obama. (42 words)
When the reaction stops and everything dries out, those greasy smears and fingerprints will just disappear like dust in the wind, leaving clean screens ready to be messed up once again with the remnants of the morning’s Egg McMuffin. (40 words)
In a letter sent to fellow councillors and posted on social media this Tuesday, Coun Byrne said she now believed that “by remaining silent I risk giving credibility to the anonymous smears circulated when I resigned”. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
After Rashid tucks a single off his body, Woakes smears a short ball for four to end the over.
Jess said tests should be made available to those who have experienced trauma and find the process of in-hospital smears triggering.
News organizations have a duty to the truth, not to lies, falsehoods and character smears.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said Sohn was one of the most qualified candidates for any position before the Commerce Committee and has been subjected to smears, double standards and personal attacks.
The chemicals and fibers in the wipes can damage the delicate surface of the screen, leaving behind streaks and smears.
The publisher hit back at the allegations, describing them at the time as “preposterous smears” and a “pre-planned and orchestrated attempt to drag the Mail titles into the phone-hacking scandal”.
Those clusters -- which look like clumpy smears of mud -- end up on tree bark, outdoor equipment such as lawn mowers or grills, and have even "survived some very harsh winters," Korman said.
Today, she refrains from using sormeh as she says it smears easily and sometimes itches her eyes.
When the reaction stops and everything dries out, those greasy smears and fingerprints will just disappear like dust in the wind, leaving clean screens ready to be messed up once again with the remnants of the morning’s Egg McMuffin.
In a letter sent to fellow councillors and posted on social media this Tuesday, Coun Byrne said she now believed that “by remaining silent I risk giving credibility to the anonymous smears circulated when I resigned”.
In just the past few days, we’ve already seen attacks on Harris that go far beyond the political and into the personal: Social media is swirling with smears about Harris’ past relationships.
It was not until 1941, when, with gynecologist Herbert Traught, he published a paper on the diagnostic value of vaginal smears, that he gained wide recognition by the medical community.
Iyer smears Hartley for two to bring an increasingly assured with Gill.
Pro-Kremlin media have also subjected her to personal smears over her appearance and actions since her husband's death.
The campaign of smears not only damaged Corbyn personally but tore the Labour Party apart, turning it into a rabble of feuding factions, eating up all the party’s energy and making it unelectable.
The former president elevated a post that falsely claimed Haley wasn’t eligible to be president because her parents weren’t citizens when she was born in South Carolina, echoing the birther smears he had once leveled against former President Barack Obama.
This is not the first time Ali has faced online smears.
We can’t have a president who encourages violence, vomits misinformation, campaigns by humiliation and smears and, lately, portrays himself as divine.
In one large party, fighting escalated into a violent skirmish left blood smears in the hallways.
It smears physicians who work for the public’s health.
Common combinations with smears
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and smears 7×
- smears and 7×
- smears are 5×
- of smears 4×
- pap smears 4×
- smears of 3×
- it smears 3×
- with smears 3×
- smears about 2×
- vaginal smears 2×