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Among the most attention-getting of the pickups (speaking of Carell) was Peacock and The Office creators trotting out their new show, a mockumentary shot at a mid-city newspaper, complete with the return of Oscar Martinez and his smarm.—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025 There is a ripe contrast between the smarm of Springhorn Jr.’s Theo and the squeak of Pinto’s Cohen.—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025 Bill’s smarm has calcified into a kind of mad obsession; Hal is a starkly lonely and cowardly man.—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025 While Jake Gyllenhaal keeps Rusty tightly wrapped in a tornado of resentment and self-pity and Peter Sarsgaard amps up the smarm he’s known for, Fagbenle’s Nico is free to ping-pong around in his affect.—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for smarm
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