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Elsewhere, Miyazaki delivers scenes like Ohira’s dreamlike opening — smeary, squishy, painterly imagery deployed as abstractions.
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Rows of dots sit below a smeary red orb, as if the sun is setting on a land of abstract forms.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
En route, we’re treated to a hit-or-miss barrage of comedic bits involving a pizza-and-beer blowout, crazy-making fireworks, a rapacious eagle, a four-way urination ritual, a smeary dog-pound escape, an unfortunate (and frankly disturbing) rabbit incident and much else.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
So step into our lab, where our mad scientists have been hard at work experimenting with several recipes to find the perfect match for your fake blood type (drippy, smeary, clotty and more!).
—Susan Choung, Good Housekeeping, 5 July 2023
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Rows of dots sit below a smeary red orb, as if the sun is setting on a land of abstract forms.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
En route, we’re treated to a hit-or-miss barrage of comedic bits involving a pizza-and-beer blowout, crazy-making fireworks, a rapacious eagle, a four-way urination ritual, a smeary dog-pound escape, an unfortunate (and frankly disturbing) rabbit incident and much else.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
So step into our lab, where our mad scientists have been hard at work experimenting with several recipes to find the perfect match for your fake blood type (drippy, smeary, clotty and more!).
—Susan Choung, Good Housekeeping, 5 July 2023
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“Smeary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smeary. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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smeary
adjective1
: marked by smears
2
: likely to cause smears
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