dabbing

Example Sentences

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She coped by dabbing at her face with a small navy blue towel that magically appeared from under the table.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Inside, women are dabbing moisturizers, sampling eye shadows and swabbing lipsticks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

"You have given him the best birthday gift he could ever have," she said, dabbing away tears and occasionally pausing to collect herself.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

And finally a grinning Dafydd Jenkins grabbed a fistful of Chessum's shirt, pulling it up over the England lock's mouth like a parent dabbing at a toddler's grubby face.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

He was dabbing at the rough edges of the cardboard with the brush.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole