dab

Example Sentences

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“We don’t want to live in fear, so we make ourselves useful working for organizations that move the scale away from fear and put us smack dab in the middle of love.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2025

"The chimpanzees dab them on their wounds or chew the plants up, and then apply the chewed material to the open injury."

From BBC • May 14, 2025

We’re smack dab in the middle of 2010 again.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025

And during a 2016 debate for a California US Senate seat, Ms Harris’s opponent inexplicably punctuated her closing statement with a dab – a dance move that was popular at the time.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024

Far down the road, apartment buildings framed a view of the bay with Alcatraz island smack dab in the middle.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman