swab

Example Sentences

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Officials swabbed his cheek to obtain DNA, and then moved him to Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

Researchers closely tracked symptoms and collected daily nasal swabs, saliva samples, and blood samples to monitor infection and antibody development.

From Science Daily

Inside, women are dabbing moisturizers, sampling eye shadows and swabbing lipsticks.

From The Wall Street Journal

But immediately after the crash, investigators carried out the meticulous process of swabbing the interior of the VW Polo for any forensic samples that could link the driver to that seat.

From BBC

The other men had gone back to swabbing out the dories, stacking them neatly one inside the next.

From Literature