daub

Example Sentences

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He is a pliant enough actor to daub each portrait with just enough psychological color.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

They're checking that their daub of Harry Kane, envisaged to occupy an entire wall, is complete.

From BBC • May 28, 2023

Celebrants daub each other with vividly colored powders.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022

Pour some coffee and daub a toasted muffin with planetary jam: It’s breakfast with the planets.

From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2022

Every house was roofed with thatch, and had walls of wattle and daub.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi