- present participle of stab.
stabbing
Example Sentences
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"It is like a stabbing pain, a very very heavy stabbing pain," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
I missed my target entirely, stabbing the hunk of hay more than a foot away from the bull’s-eye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
U.K. officials have rebuffed the criticism, with Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy pointing out that the attacker was British and saying the stabbing had nothing to do with immigration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
US tech tycoon Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X and a friend of Vance's, has posted numerous times on the platform about the police response to the stabbing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
He and many others believed that the German government ended the war too early and was "stabbing" the German people in the back.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
