dab

Example Sentences

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For the last few days, smack dab in the middle of his long-awaited breakthrough at USC, Arenas was sick.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Learning from England mistakes in Perth and his own previous troubles in Australia, Root barely scored through the covers and largely put away any intention to dab the ball behind square on the off side.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Everyone’s favorite analog diarist is smack dab in the middle of a universe ruled by tech.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025

Her son gently tries to dab it away with a tissue as a nurse comes by with a blood pressure stand.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

But Everett was well qualified: universally revered, and a dab hand at battlefields, he’d already played Concord, Lexington, and Bunker Hill.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith