daub
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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
“Call this long?” the sailor replied, swinging far out to daub the curving tail of the dolphin.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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