More than likely he just carried them around for some smug feeling of importance they might give to him.

Every jogger knows the smug feeling of going for a checkup or an insurance examination and having some nurse or doctor say, "So, you run?"

Looking down at the man on the bed, I had that half smug, half-guilty feeling you get when your most diabolical schemes start to pay off.

He was quite unable to suppress the smug feeling that he had just gotten even with something.

At best it's worth a bit of symbolism and generates some debate plus the emission of smug feelings.

Is there a smug feeling of the fine revenge you will experience?

Nice solid belay, comfortable place to sit, nice view and most of all that warm, smug feeling.

He began the session with the rather smug feeling that he was going to dazzle his new classmates.

She had that smug, too-full feeling she'd forgotten could be so pleasant.

There's nothing like that smug feeling when you see day-trippers boarding the ferry.