How to Use smooth over in a Sentence

smooth over

phrasal verb

• The pair’s volatile chemistry helps to smooth over some of the script’s weak spots.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 July 2023
• The Flow tool simply filled in the missing bits, smoothing over the gap.
  — PCMAG, 30 June 2024
• Her life might have been better with you on the scene to smooth over the family’s rough dynamic.
  — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023
• After Dexter Wade's remains were exhumed, his gravesite in the pauper's field was smoothed over.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
• Shouldn’t one of them be the kind of person who kept track of the procurement and deployment of such things, the tools that smoothed over life’s little discomforts?
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• The Trinity includes microcurrents and a ball design to smooth over and target large areas of the face.
  — Isabella Ubaldi, Health, 20 Mar. 2024
• Ballet had already taught her how to marshal control over her gestures, to smooth over her pain for the sake of appearance.
  — Hannah Zeavin, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
• Each sip is smoothed over with a layer of cool, sweet foam, then topped with Lay’s sweet and spicy honey potato chips for a playful crunch and a spicy adventure.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
• Numerous businesses say that, three months out, such disputes should have been long smoothed over.
  — Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
• Just piece them together to create continuous lines, as they will be smoothed over in rolling.
  — Alana Allred, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• If directly seeding into the bed, pull back the mulch layer and smooth over the surface layer with a rake before seeding.
  — oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023
• Star was irritatingly handsome, with a smile that smoothed over any and every slight.
  — Dan Musgrave, Longreads, 9 May 2023
• The formula is slightly thicker than water and performs best when smoothed over slightly damp skin to lock in moisture.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 23 Oct. 2023
• It can also be smoothed over areas with stretch marks to minimize their appearance.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2024
• What separates these drops from the crowd is the inclusion of niacinamide and dual molecular weight hyaluronic acid, which pull their weight to even the skin tone, smooth over fine lines, and give the skin a more youthful glow.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
• Damage control calls for a fake relationship to smooth over this mess until election day.
  — USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• Its smoothing fabric is made from a polyester, spandex, and nylon blend, which offers sturdy support while smoothing over lines on your back.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
• In the Northeast region of North America in the 17th and 18th centuries, indigenous groups used captives as gifts to create alliances or smooth over disputes.
  — Catherine M. Cameron, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2017
• Sugar itself is the ultimate sanitizer, the pure white powder that smooths over so much darkness.
  — Curbed, 27 Sep. 2023
• What this ambiguity smoothed over was that the two sides to the conflict placed different and incompatible bets on the future.
  — Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2018
• Away from the base model, though, a range of standard and optional luxury and tech amenities, plus that lively handling, smooth over most weaknesses.
  — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 14 June 2023
• This all seems a bit unlikely—a moment of crisis smoothed over in order to give the couple that shippers call Polin an unequivocally happy ending.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 14 June 2024
• The moon’s harmonious connection to Jupiter smooths over drama and fosters supportive exchanges.
  — USA TODAY, 4 May 2024
• Any new deal would most likely be preceded by a sale of parts of News Corp, including its real estate business, in an effort to smooth over investor concerns that soured the merger last year, the two people predicted.
  — Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Our tester expressed their satisfaction with how nicely the product laid under their foundation, leaving no residue behind and smoothing over uneven skin texture and pores.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
• And that either complicates or smooths over a percolating controversy over Lagerfeld's legacy in the lead-up to Monday's event, considered the Super Bowl of the fashion industry.
  — Rachel Tashjian, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
• And that either complicates or smooths over a percolating controversy over Lagerfeld’s legacy in the lead-up to Monday’s event, considered the Super Bowl of the fashion industry.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
• Yet, leaps in technology and communication have smoothed over many of these bumps, allowing offshore teams to offer well-trained and properly overseen top-notch support.
  — Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 5 June 2024
• Amid political panic over inflation and rising prices at the pump, Biden officials embarked on multiple missions to Riyadh in a bid to smooth over relations and convince the Saudis to help lower global prices.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• Overall, federal mediators work primarily to guide talks and smooth over conflicts, not to decide contract language.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2023

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024