smooth something into something

He sat down across from her and reached up to smooth his hair into place.

Her long dark hair had been smoothed into a French roll.

The train smoothed into the station and was full of people.

She resisted the urge to smooth it back into place.

She smoothed a strand of the corpse's hair into place.

The woman smoothed her mouth into a smile, too calculating by half.

She smoothed it into place, turning this way and that, just as the middle-aged woman had.

He frowned and then quickly smoothed his face into neutral.

He took off the hard hat and laid it beside him, smoothing his hair back into place.

Use the 10-inch knife to smooth the compound into a thin, even layer.