dabbing
Example Sentences
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She hesitated for a moment, as if doubting the gesture, before taking it and dabbing her eyes.
From Literature
“He’s dabbing at them with a napkin right now. Something must have gone down.”
From Literature
She coped by dabbing at her face with a small navy blue towel that magically appeared from under the table.
From Los Angeles Times
I grab some brown napkins from a table, and I’m dabbing at my hair when Kendrick comes up.
From Literature
Inside, women are dabbing moisturizers, sampling eye shadows and swabbing lipsticks.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
