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also smokey
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as in sooty
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Cowboy stew is super smoky.
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Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
Wet it with water, run it over your face, and be amazed at how your mascara, smoky eyeshadow, and eyebrows disappear in one fell swoop.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Pacifica’s Dream Moon, a smoky sandalwood fragrance that rivals higher-end scents, is 25% off, bringing it under $20.Lancôme Idôle Eau de Parfum—now 30% off—makes this luxurious fragrance more accessible.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2024
With notes of pear, aldehydes, jasmine, rose, vanilla, and musk, the perfume comes in a smoky gray bottle with a gilded top.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024
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Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
Wet it with water, run it over your face, and be amazed at how your mascara, smoky eyeshadow, and eyebrows disappear in one fell swoop.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Pacifica’s Dream Moon, a smoky sandalwood fragrance that rivals higher-end scents, is 25% off, bringing it under $20.Lancôme Idôle Eau de Parfum—now 30% off—makes this luxurious fragrance more accessible.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2024
With notes of pear, aldehydes, jasmine, rose, vanilla, and musk, the perfume comes in a smoky gray bottle with a gilded top.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoky
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Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Mr. Biden struggled through the first presidential debate against Trump in June, speaking in a hoarse voice and at times appearing to lose his train of thought while answering questions.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Most in the away end were hoarse by that stage, but a special roar was reserved for Worrall.Nick Miller, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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Black carbon is a dark, sooty byproduct of burning fossil fuels.Jillian Mock, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2019
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By the closer — a grim, sooty final reckoning with the events of June 13 — the colourful escapism of the Uphaar’s Bollywood posters suddenly looks half a world away.Mike McCahill, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
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Okay, to be fair, Aliana has a cute, husky voice that sounds particularly good singing Christmas carols.Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
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The country titan performed a series a barnburners that ran on his husky, soulful voice.Ramon Ramirez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Oct. 2024
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After a long bout of gruff banter, Frank gets personal, invoking his dead son, Joseph.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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The actress uncovers enough credibility in the character to withstand the syrupy sports drama’s conventions, offsetting the gruff Eastwoodisms on which the film is built. 19.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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The report comes during a rough period for the retail pharmacy giant.Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
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Being a rookie who is recovering from a second ACL injury and second ACL surgery soon after recovering from the first ACL injury and surgery is a whole another level of rough.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Smoky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoky. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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