dab

Example Sentences

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She coped by dabbing at her face with a small navy blue towel that magically appeared from under the table.

From Los Angeles Times

I grab some brown napkins from a table, and I’m dabbing at my hair when Kendrick comes up.

From Literature

Then he has the audacity to use my grandmother’s dashiki to dab his mouth before collapsing in bliss.

From Literature

By now Baby Max had turned red as, well, a beet, and Svetlana hurriedly took off several of his many layers of clothing and dabbed cool water on his face.

From Literature

Miss Mortimer dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief.

From Literature