dab

Example Sentences

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A dab into the off side completed a sixth Test hundred and continued a remarkable record that has seen the left-hander make tons in his first matches in the West Indies, Australia and now England.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

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

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025

For years, as an early-warning alert system, the county agricultural people had been hanging Medfly traps hither and thither among our pretty, fructiferous trees — little A-frame-shaped cardboard doohickeys with a dab of fly attractant.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

Mencken, who was a dab hand at writing with great verve about how much he hated just about everything.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

You can see why I despised Grandpa Tweedy and didn’t have a dab of respect for him.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns