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    Use "dab" in a sentence

    dab example sentences

    dab


    dabbed


    dabbing


    dabs


    1. He returns very quickly with a handful of kitchen roll and proceeds to dab at my leg


    2. Through my eyelashes I watched him lift a paw and dab my chin then when I groaned he made a tactical retreat across my body to the safety of the folded sheet


    3. "I loved her, I still do," Thom came close to sniffing and had to dab at his eyes


    4. steadying it so he could dab in some kind of lotion into its cuts


    5. But I used to be a dab hand at laying a fire, I wonder if I can still do it


    6. Quickly, racing around the corner of the porch, she ran smack dab into a very tall man


    7. The king and queen were captivated by her story and the queen also had to dab at her eyes as the tears welled up in them


    8. What was she doing here?” She took out her handkerchief, soaked it in the pond and used it to dab the girl’s face


    9. Want to plump your lips? Mix a dab of Vaseline with a pinch of cayenne pepper and rub the mixture over your lips


    10. Corn on the cob, several things to drink, and a big, fat triple layered chocolate cake smack dab in the middle of the table

    11. Touching a dab of chocolate to your lip will feel cool


    12. Use a dab of frosting to hold all together


    13. With Leon gone from the office, Gordon stepped into his washroom to splash water on his face and dab it dry


    14. looked for a piece of tissue to use to dab his cut lip, but there was none in the


    15. His bold initiative to bring freedom to a key state smack dab in the midst of the world’s largest problem – fanatical Islam - will go down as a coup in world events unless we get a pacifist as next president who is willing to throw it all away


    16. Splashing a final dab of water on his eyes, he quickly dried


    17. “What is it?” I dab tears as she tugs me toward the second garage door


    18. He tossed the soaked rag into the trash can and retrieved another to dab at his hands and trousers, then stepped up and nodded as a small man in a pale lightweight suit came to meet him


    19. almost smack dab in the centre of this community, and it appeared that none of our new


    20. I use the smallest dab of toothpaste when I brush

    21. surge of adrenaline to know that he was experiencing just a dab of


    22. A small dab and the infection had begun


    23. ON THE OTHER HAND, DAB OUT THAT LITTLE MUSTARD STAIN WITH AN OLD-FASHIONED


    24. Cook-Bolden recommends a dab of Avène Cicalfate Restorative Cream immediately after hair removal, and for a few days afterwards


    25. The answer may be blowing in the wind and smack dab in front of our eyes, an answer that even a blind person could see


    26. We were to land right smack dab in the heart of Kansas


    27. He pulled it away and looked into the openness of the opening where a dab of shaving cream was smeared around the top


    28. closed his eyes as he leaned against the sink and continued to dab


    29. Never mind that the house sits right smack dab in the center of


    30. had been overheard, now he found himself smack dab in the middle of

    31. his pocket and retrieved an old bandana to dab at the wound


    32. Everything or person that can aggravate us is being place smack dab in the middle, by God, of our face until we can see through them and then, see what has been in store for us


    33. a child and was a dab hand on the guitar


    34. doused with a dab of half and half—another Minnesota staple—while


    35. dab at it with a tissue and hope it will quit leaking


    36. She was dressed conservatively as usual, this time wearing a pair of perfectly pressed slacks and a baby-blue colored blouse that covered every inch of her upper body, even though it was smack dab in the middle of summer


    37. I looked at Jennifer softly as she stood there with a tiny dab of orange sherbet smudged on the corner of her mouth and said, “I want to communicate that I really like you


    38. I went to a lawyer’s office in downtown Boston, which while easy to find, was not easy to park at because it was smack dab in the middle of the high-rent district and every lot had restrictions


    39. But in creative visualization, the real you is smack dab in the middle of the action, taking primary enjoyment from being in the scene that unfolds around you, rather than standing back and watching at a distance


    40. I took my face-wipe, and gave the table-top an ineffectual dab

    41. Dab a soft rag into the solution and wipe onto wood surfaces


    42. Embarrassed by acne? Wash your face with a mild soap and water, pat dry, then dab on lemon juice and leave on till morning, rinse and repeat, as needed


    43. Smack dab in


    44. “I’m on my way,” Paul said, slapping a dab of his dad’s aftershave across his face before he stepped into the hallway


    45. It was burning so long, all that’s left are his,’- Parker paused here to cough and dab at his forehead with his handkerchief


    46. An atomizer of perfume lay on the dresser and she gave a quick dab to her neck, and the top of her thighs


    47. From the other side of the room I could hear the DAB radio: “Good morning we’ve just been informed by our overseas co-ordinator Gene Seers that the Channel Tunnel is closed, flights to and from France have been cancelled after a boat crash in the channel injuring 23 of the 100 people on board , the remaining 77 people have claimed that they were held at gun point, until they crashed, and now for the other news: The Albion drew 1:1 with Cardiff and here’s Lindsey with the weather: “ The weather forecast for today is going to be wet at first, then gradually as the day goes on it will get better”


    48. Sure, I’d heard stories and plenty of urban legends, but quite like Claire, it didn’t seem real until I was thrown right smack dab in the middle of it


    49. Mitch could feel it, all right, smack dab in the center of his gut–and in his veins and in his head


    50. After standing for a full 15 minutes, waiting to be whisked up to the 13th-floor penthouse, he found himself between a rock and an even bigger stone–namely, smack dab in the 378 KEN MERRELL





















    1. She dabbed tentatively at a key on the plaque and watched as a series of ‘b’s appeared in one of the boxes on the screen in front of her


    2. She dabbed at them


    3. ” She dabbed at the tears that came at the remembrances of that horrible day


    4. She moved the cloth down to my stomach, and dabbed the blood


    5. “Purists call this cheating,” he said as he dabbed on a pinprick of glue, “but I’m after fish, not artisan awards, and this makes glue dots so small the fish can’t smell ‘em


    6. Heather shook her head and dabbed up more of the blood


    7. He dabbed at the menu buttons on his own cell-


    8. The potatoes had been roasted for an hour or so with oil, garlic, and parsley, while the jarred peas were still tasty this late in the season, those hastily boiled up and dabbed with a little butter


    9. Paws dabbed about, thick claws tearing pieces from the jamb as they strained against the failing hook


    10. dabbed at his wounds

    11. rolled down her face and she dabbed them with her kerchief


    12. They sat like that until John took the last piece of cake, licked his finger tip and dabbed at the remaining few crumbs, and refilled their cups


    13. ’ Sam wiped her greasy fingers on a paper napkin, then dabbed her mouth


    14. dabbed his cheeks with a sprinkle of powdered makeup, and


    15. He deserves to know what happened,” came the reply as she dabbed her eyes with tissues my mum had given her


    16. Manda dabbed Sierra’s face with the cloth, then placed it on her forehead


    17. Swann dabbed at his eyes and peered around, but no one seemed within earshot


    18. Mr Switzer took out a handkerchief, wiped his forehead and dabbed his upper lip, then carefully folded and returned it to his pocket


    19. ” Jed dabbed his nose with the blood stained handkerchief


    20. She leaned forward and dabbed at her lipstick, though I couldn't see anything wrong with it

    21. She seemed to have found a microscopic problem at the corner of her eye and dabbed at her mascara


    22. He dabbed his forehead with his shirt sleeve


    23. I dabbed some ointment on her throat


    24. " She shook her head, dabbed at her eyes and blew her nose


    25. Then he switched on his interior light and dabbed at his side with something like a towel or a large cloth


    26. She would tease me with her perfume, dabbed on the letters


    27. She dabbed the wetness around her eyes and laughed


    28. " She pulled a tissue from her purse and dabbed at the tears that had run down her cheeks


    29. He dabbed some of Musafir's, “scent of seduction” aftershave, Applied some gel to his floppy hair and combed it back, he wanted to look presentable, yet cool


    30. Everyone was smiling as they dabbed and sampled the variety of choices

    31. Her clothes had already been dabbed in a few areas with his blood from close contact, the smell was even thick in the air and made Marina feel as she were about to vomit


    32. He bent down and dabbed it with his finger and put it to his tongue


    33. When he neared he got some narrow eyed stares from Lezura, S’us and Murbella that wiped his smile clean off and dabbed the napkin of grief at the corners of his mouth to get any traces of glee left


    34. Leaning back in his chair, Sir Richard dabbed his forehead with the end of his towel and regarded his opponent


    35. Several beads of perspiration had materialized on her upper lip, but she poignantly dabbed them away with her napkin and replied, “Yes, everything is fine


    36. With a graceful motion, he suavely removed a handkerchief from his pocket and dabbed the perspiration from his face


    37. To cloak his action of returning the key to his inner jacket pocket even though there were no spectators, Feltus gracefully, with a swift inconspicuous movement, removed his handkerchief from the same pocket and dabbed the perspiration, which had suddenly materialized in response to paranoia that he was being watched, casually from his brow


    38. bites, he dabbed at his mouth with the expensive linen napkin


    39. She dabbed at the corner of her mouth with the linen napkin


    40. dabbed the back of his neck, the cool water contrasting sharply with

    41. She dabbed away the pearl of sweat dangling at the tip and


    42. Little Henry really went to squalling then and kept it up until the man dabbed some iodine on his ears and tail and let go of him


    43. The cave-troll produced a handkerchief (which was puzzling, as he had no clothes, yet alone pockets), and dabbed his nose


    44. She pulled away and dabbed her eyes with the palm of her hand


    45. She went into the kitchen as I dabbed my face


    46. He cleared his throat twice, dabbed his forehead and cleared his throat again


    47. picked up a damp cloth and dabbed it gingerly on Anne’s forehead


    48. ball dabbed with a few drops of Lemon oil into the shoes


    49. She dabbed oil on the leather


    50. She dabbed the wound gently and told Robin to hold his arm above his head to reduce the flow of blood










































    1. ‘Cheek!’ I retorted, grabbing a handful of cleavers from the nearby hedgerow and dabbing it on him


    2. ’ He said, dabbing at the turkey crumbs on his plate with his finger


    3. She spent the rest of the evening dabbing her eyes with used tissues and asking herself what other wonders life might have in store for her


    4. the rest of the evening dabbing her eyes with used tissues and


    5. The audience rose, wearing smiles and dabbing at tears


    6. It will be too much trouble for you,” Helez protested through the sobs, occasionally dabbing at her eyes to wipe away the tears


    7. I’m not sure, my lord,” Tobroel said, dabbing at sweat forming on his brow


    8. This wasn’t going well, and now she was leaving, dabbing at her eyes with a


    9. She sat, dabbing her eyes and nose with what had been her bonnet and was now a makeshift handkerchief


    10. Twisting sideways, Mai Cox put her foot on the passenger seat and pulled up the leg of her green coveralls, dabbing at the bites with a wet tissue

    11. It was used to great effect dabbing away tears that welled onto her cheeks between gasps and sobs, as she told of the brutality she suffered


    12. Dabbing at her tears with a corner of her apron, she seemed to regain some composure


    13. Amonas grinned while taking the small flask and dabbing with it some more or less dry cloth from his own garments, then placing it where the fire should be lit


    14. “Feel better, my love?” Beth asked, propping herself on one elbow and dabbing perspiration from his brow


    15. Ludwig was sweating profusely, and kept dabbing his forehead and face with a small hand towel


    16. He crouches in the tub and puts my foot in his lap, dabbing at the deeper cuts with a washcloth


    17. ” he answered, dabbing the young man’s forehead as he


    18. If I was her I would have kicked Akito out of my house, by Mrs Tanaka sat there quietly, nodded her head, and began dabbing the tears away from her eyes with a handkerchief


    19. Lorna was sitting on one side, ineffectively dabbing at her knees with the tail-end of her dirty and torn shirt


    20. The bruise on the back of her head caused the most concern and apart from dabbing it with the herbal ointment, they sensibly left it alone

    21. After dabbing it dry with a towel, she handed the


    22. ” Dabbing at the tears with the handkerchief


    23. My mother lay on the guest bed with both a warm and cold compress carefully dabbing Jake's cuts and bruises and trying very hard not to cause him any more pain


    24. were dabbing at their eyes with their


    25. “There is a company you might be interested in working for,” Stan said, dabbing his mouth with a serviette


    26. He took out his white handkerchief and started dabbing it off


    27. After a couple minutes of deep breathing and dabbing himself with


    28. On the way out of the church, Miss Von Kiel went by, dabbing her eyes


    29. Brian reached for one of Helen’s paper towels and was within a fraction of a second of dabbing her shirt front dry when he suddenly realised where he was and what he was about to do


    30. he muttered, dabbing at the wounds with an ice cube wrapped in a napkin

    31. She spat on the sponge, dipped it in the white powder and began dabbing the stencil upon the canvas of the covered dray


    32. After dabbing at her eyes with a delicate lace-edged handkerchief, Mrs


    33. The easiest way to apply this home remedy is to soak a cotton ball into a small portion of apple cider vinegar and apply the liquid on the bite or sting using dabbing movements


    34. I’m fine!” She swatted at Bonnie, who was following her about, dabbing at her dress with a handful of paper towels


    35. that was a relief wherever you be let your wind go free who knows if that pork chop I took with my cup of tea after was quite good with the heat I couldnt smell anything off it Im sure that queerlooking man in the porkbutchers is a great rogue I hope that lamp is not smoking fill my nose up with smuts better than having him leaving the gas on all night I couldnt rest easy in my bed in Gibraltar even getting up to see why am I so damned nervous about that though I like it in the winter its more company O Lord it was rotten cold too that winter when I was only about ten was I yes I had the big doll with all the funny clothes dressing her up and undressing that icy wind skeeting across from those mountains the something Nevada sierra nevada standing at the fire with the little bit of a short shift I had up to heat myself I loved dancing about in it then make a race back into bed Im sure that fellow opposite used to be there the whole time watching with the lights out in the summer and I in my skin hopping around I used to love myself then stripped at the washstand dabbing and creaming only when it came to the chamber performance I put out the light too so then there were 2 of us goodbye to my sleep for this night anyhow I hope hes not going to get in with those medicals leading him astray to imagine hes young again coming in at 4 in the morning it must be if not more still he had the manners not to wake me what do they find to gabber about all night squandering money and getting drunker and drunker couldnt they drink water then he starts giving us his orders for eggs and tea and Findon haddy and hot buttered toast I suppose well have him sitting up like the king of the country pumping the wrong end of the spoon up and down in his egg wherever he learned that from and I love to hear him falling up the stairs of a morning with the cups rattling on the tray and then play with the cat she rubs up against you for her own sake I wonder has she fleas shes as bad as a woman always licking and lecking but I hate their claws I wonder do they see anything that we cant staring like that when she sits at the top of the stairs so long and listening as I wait always what a robber too that lovely fresh place I bought I think Ill get a bit of fish tomorrow or today is it Friday yes I will with some blancmange with black currant jam like long ago not those 2 lb pots of mixed plum and apple from the London and Newcastle Williams and Woods goes twice


    36. Dabbing her cheeks with a tissue, she unloaded her story


    37. Mary was dabbing her eyes with a handful of pink tissues


    38. Slowly, he wiped the dark makeup off his eyes, dabbing with the cloth, feeling a sheen begin to return to his face


    39. “I know that,” says Marie, staring straight into my own crying eyes and dabbing at my tears with her handkerchief


    40. “Oh,” she said, dabbing at the corners of her eyes with a balled-up Kleenex

    41. "I didn't tell you," Soraya said, dabbing at her eyes, "but my father showed up with a gun that night


    42. I was insensible for a long time, the curate told me, and when I came to we were in darkness again, and he, with a face wet, as I found afterwards, with blood from a cut forehead, was dabbing water over me


    1. She dabs her finger in the sachet again and offers it to Leona, who is so far gone on her own physical and emotional trip that she accepts it without question


    2. He nicks his top lip shaving beneath his nose and dabs at it with toilet tissue, tearing off a small dot and sticking it onto the cut


    3. She touches it to my mouth and dabs it until my lips are covered in color


    4. The nurse who dabs my arm with antiseptic is breathless and looks around at all the activity instead of at my wound


    5. She dabs my forehead with antiseptic—they are so careful about germs here—and I feel the sting and prickle of the needle, diminishing by the second as the numbing agent does its work


    6. ” He grabs a Kleenex and dabs his mouth, “You pick the finger


    7. and dabs of syrup on his pancakes


    8. Aaron reaches up and, using a cloth, he dabs at the


    9. Pandora grabs a cloth from a cart then dabs blood from deep cuts as she continues her report


    10. A man dabs his face with a towel

    11. Marlie pushes that unpleasant smudge of thought into a corner and dabs it with a napkin


    12. Towelling the water away with rapid light dabs he moved to the side and looked into the mirror above the sink


    13. " She's still got tears in her eyes, but she dabs at them with a tissue she got from who-knows-where


    14. Formless stacks of bodies and bodies by themselves, dabs of flesh


    15. Then she poured some vinegar on her cambric handkerchief; she moistened his temples with little dabs, and then blew upon them softly


    16. But next time, for a change, I'll give you a turkeycock, unless you have a preference for some dabs; and send me back the hamper, if you please, with the two old ones


    17. So, she gave orders to prevailed until she noticed that Melanie, who had never been strong since Beau was born, was inducing Pork to put only dabs of food on her plate and giving her share to the soldiers


    18. She was thin in those days, flat-chested, leggy; she seemed all limbs and neck, bodiless, spidery; thus far she conformed to the fashion, but the hair-cut and the hats of the period, and the blank stare and gape of the period, and the clownish dabs of rouge high on the cheekbones, could not reduce her to type


    19. Joe Elegant ordered sand dabs for supper at the Bear Flag


    20. Come, Almanack! To begin: there's Aries, or the Ram—lecherous dog, he begets us; then, Taurus, or the Bull—he bumps us the first thing; then Gemini, or the Twins—that is, Virtue and Vice; we try to reach Virtue, when lo! comes Cancer the Crab, and drags us back; and here, going from Virtue, Leo, a roaring Lion, lies in the path—he gives a few fierce bites and surly dabs with his paw; we escape, and hail Virgo, the Virgin! that's our first love; we marry and think to be happy for aye, when pop comes Libra, or the Scales—happiness weighed and found wanting; and while we are very sad about that, Lord! how we suddenly jump, as Scorpio, or the Scorpion, stings us in the rear; we are curing the wound, when whang come the arrows all round; Sagittarius, or the Archer, is amusing himself

    21. Nothing could have less suggested the likelihood of anything in the shape of "adventure," and I caught my whiting and dabs in blissful peace of mind


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    Synonyms for "dab"

    dab pat tap splash splatter swab swob daub smear blot peck touch trace snippet dash pinch

    "dab" definitions

    a light touch or stroke


    a small quantity of something moist or liquid


    apply (usually a liquid) to a surface


    hit lightly