smudging

/ (ˈsmʌdʒɪŋ) /


noun
  1. a traditional Native American method of using smoke from burning herbs to purify a space

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How to use smudging in a sentence

  • Was it the smudging shadows, the still unlighted mass of them up there on the arms of the crucifix?

  • He left off drawing birds on branches and drew them only in flight, smudging in a blue background for the sky.

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