daub

Example Sentences

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He is a pliant enough actor to daub each portrait with just enough psychological color.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

Collage may indicate motion in Furey’s work, as in two pictures of dancers whose bodies are covered in patterns, whether more flower photos or rendered with line and daub.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023

Celebrants daub each other with vividly colored powders.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 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

So many weeks we spent cutting trees, splitting clapboard, tying thatch, making wattle and daub.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone