Which preposition to use with smudge

of Occurrences 22%

When the sun of June 8th rose, it showed an ocean bare of prospect except that on the far horizon where the chart showed no land there rose a smudge of dirty rolling smoke.

with Occurrences 3%

At La Roque, a tiny hamlet huddled in the shadow of Montpellier and living almost exclusively upon the tourists that pass that way, it was as Duchemin had foreseen, remembering the American uniform and the face smudged with sootthat favourite device of the French criminal of the lower class fearing recognition.

on Occurrences 3%

My father brushed regretfully at the smudges on his cambric shirt.

from Occurrences 2%

Eric's head, too, was shaggier than ever, and a smudge from firebuilding had darkened one of his cheeks since the morning before.

across Occurrences 2%

To pay the fellow for his painsfor he had dug in barrels to his shoulders and had a smudge across his noseI bought a copy of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence," and in my more energetic moods I read it.

in Occurrences 2%

And yet when she turned, clutching the torn book, she fully expected to see a pair of baggy breeches preceding a collarless, long-necked man with a broken nose, and smudges in the hollows of his cheeks.

for Occurrences 1%

" She adds: "Perhaps you may be interested in the following account from my sister of her visual peculiarities: 'When I think of Wednesday I see a kind of oval flat wash of yellow emerald green; for Tuesday, a gray sky colour; for Thursday, a brown-red irregular polygon; and a dull yellow smudge for Friday.'

as Occurrences 1%

The man's figure, big-shouldered, compact, well-knit, appeared only as a dim silhouette against the faded blur in the west; a blur smoky and streaked with dull smudges as of old, dried blood.

against Occurrences 1%

She looked away from him toward the shore of the mainland where the towers of "Wake-Robin" made a gray smudge against the trees.

Which preposition to use with  smudge