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also smokey
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as in sooty
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Recent Examples of smoky
The royal pulled her long brunette hair back into a ponytail, completing the look with a dark smokey eye and glowy skin.
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Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2025
Open since 1947, the West LA diner is best known for its hickory burger, with a sweet and smoky barbecue sauce, and its pies (the banana cream is my favorite).
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
The clove and chestnut notes in By The Fireplace intensify the warmth and add a smoky dimension that pairs beautifully with the pepper and olibanum in Babycat.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
The seeds have a distinctly smokier flavor and add a pleasant texture to the dal.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
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Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2025
Open since 1947, the West LA diner is best known for its hickory burger, with a sweet and smoky barbecue sauce, and its pies (the banana cream is my favorite).
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
The clove and chestnut notes in By The Fireplace intensify the warmth and add a smoky dimension that pairs beautifully with the pepper and olibanum in Babycat.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
The seeds have a distinctly smokier flavor and add a pleasant texture to the dal.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoky
Adjective
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Give Palestine your voice, and when your voice goes hoarse, hang your flags, wear your keffiyeh.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
18 Sep. 2025
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And when your voice goes hoarse, hang your flags, wear your keffiyeh.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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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Carbon condenses into sooty dust in the rapidly whirling wind, which glows in infrared light that is invisible to the human eye.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
12 Oct. 2022
Adjective
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Athena, who was born in April, is a shepsky mix, half husky and half German shepherd.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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One of Lipa’s most significant attributes is the husky tone of her mezzo-soprano, lending a gritty roughness to her songs’ pop polish.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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It-girl energy that refuses to fade—from lacey slips to pencil skirts and smudgy, smoky eyeliner, the codes of that decade still define what’s cool.—
Beatrice Zocchi,
Vogue,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But encounters with the island’s residents, including with his gruff but warm-hearted landlady (played by German screen legend Hanna Schygulla), gradually alter his outlook.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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Panday plays a convincingly gruff tortured artist alongside Padda’s struggling ingenue, and most of the screen time is devoted to their pairing instead of introducing tertiary excess.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
13 Sep. 2025
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The advanced energy management system elevates the ride experience, allowing users to push boundaries with confidence—whether tackling steep hills, rough paths, or long-distance adventures.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Even so, rough surf and rip currents could spread along the US East Coast next week.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Smoky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoky. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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