rubbed
Example Sentences
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"He was suffering. He said to me, 'my back itches' and when I rubbed his back, his skin was coming off like sand," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Any success they achieved rubbed off on my hometown, as it did during that magical 2002 run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Outside the ward, staff used water to clean the floor, while others rubbed soot and grime off the walls.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
A tan-in-a-bottle used to be considered gauche, but a booming interest in skin-care in recent years has rubbed off on self-tanners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
But when Nim had hugged her and rubbed noses, Selkie slid down the rocks, and a moment later her brown head popped up at Sea Lion Point, beside the king’s.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
