rub
Example Sentences
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What I noticed next came as a jolt, and I had to rub my eyes to make sure I wasn’t seeing things.
From Literature
The scratching alerts us to what will be increasingly vigorous attacks on the canvas surface—scraping, rubbing, incising fine lines—emphasizing the character of her paintings as objects, rather than representations.
It's hard to imagine many other snooker players past or present transcending the sport to the extent of rubbing shoulders with royalty.
From BBC
“Constant squinting, reduced blinking and rubbing the eyes due to eyestrain can accelerate laxity and puffiness.”
Two quality strikes then rubbed salt in the visitors' wounds as Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Jesus fired in from outside the box.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
