swab

Example Sentences

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Inside, women are dabbing moisturizers, sampling eye shadows and swabbing lipsticks.

From The Wall Street Journal

But immediately after the crash, investigators carried out the meticulous process of swabbing the interior of the VW Polo for any forensic samples that could link the driver to that seat.

From BBC

The other men had gone back to swabbing out the dories, stacking them neatly one inside the next.

From Literature

I have been working hard too, shoveling coal, swabbing the deck, & doing other chores.

From Literature

A second stage of the analysis has already taken saliva swabs from women to measure levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

From BBC