| 1. | Boots had then run down the lane, and another little smudge of blood showed that it was he who had been hurt. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 2. | Bread is, perhaps, the best, as it does not smudge the charcoal but lifts it readily off. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |
| 3. | Get as much information into the drawing of your lights and shadows as possible don't be satisfied with a smudge effect. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |
| 4. | He turned over the smudged pages. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 5. | Or some slight amount of ink may be left on the plate in certain places where a tint is wanted, and a little may be smudged out of the lines themselves to give them a softer quality. - from The Practice and Science Of Drawing by Harold Speed |