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Bill’s smarm has calcified into a kind of mad obsession; Hal is a starkly lonely and cowardly man.
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025
While Jake Gyllenhaal keeps Rusty tightly wrapped in a tornado of resentment and self-pity and Peter Sarsgaard amps up the smarm he’s known for, Fagbenle’s Nico is free to ping-pong around in his affect.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 July 2024
At its worst, the earnestness curdles into self-congratulatory smarm.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
The movie’s entrancing and melancholy beauty feels old-fashioned in a contemporary animation world largely defined by clutter and smarm.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 May 2024
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025
While Jake Gyllenhaal keeps Rusty tightly wrapped in a tornado of resentment and self-pity and Peter Sarsgaard amps up the smarm he’s known for, Fagbenle’s Nico is free to ping-pong around in his affect.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 July 2024
At its worst, the earnestness curdles into self-congratulatory smarm.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
The movie’s entrancing and melancholy beauty feels old-fashioned in a contemporary animation world largely defined by clutter and smarm.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 May 2024
See All Example Sentences for smarm
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“Smarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smarm. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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