daub

Example Sentences

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Each death is a daub of paint on a vast canvas, but for the bereaved, each opens up a gaping chasm of grief.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023

Celebrants daub each other with vividly colored powders.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022

Scully finds analogues in his home place for larger themes from art history, so in his 2015 “Doric Blue and Blue,” the grid resolves into the pure brushstroke, the squarish daub of Cézanne.

From Washington Post • May 27, 2022

In the absence of costumes or conspicuous floats, young people used their imaginations to daub eye-catching slogans on protest signs for the youth march.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2021

It makes the stone houses drip and the wattle and daub houses look soggy.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone