dab

Example Sentences

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“He’s dabbing at them with a napkin right now. Something must have gone down.”

From Literature

She dabbed it on her wrists and upper lip.

From Literature

She lifts her glasses and dabs at the corners of her eyes.

From Literature

Already in her still relatively short career, Elle Fanning has managed to position herself smack dab in the center of these two polarities, the perfect combination of classic Hollywood and new age celebrity.

From Salon

Those low-risk dabs and flicks, nudges and nurdles, were valuable to England on a pitch which required a batter to play the percentages.

From BBC