rub in
Example Sentences
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Also unsatisfied are those who approve of nothing he has done and yet are happy to rub in his face his TACO-like unwillingness to engage in further acts of which they would also disapprove.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
My mom warned me against trying to rub in the detergent, which she explained might actually remove the color of the jeans themselves.
From Salon • Jul. 28, 2022
The rub, in critics’ eyes, is that Apple previously had installed no functionality on devices that would give it access to user photos — under any circumstances.
From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021
Daniel Crespo had numerous affairs, which he sometimes went out of his way to rub in his wife’s face, according to grand jury testimony.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2017
As if to rub in my ineptitude, Otto handily pulled away a shoot and munched away.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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