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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dab .
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Examples
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When you have completely tinted all the pictures and "dabbed" all the colored portions, you may then go over them all again and shade them up where required with rather stronger colors, taking care, however, not to overdo this.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 Various
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Her son dabbed her mouth with a tiny pink sponge, rubbing ChapStick on pale lips, lightly purple after weeks of labored breathing.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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So a woman walks to an abortion clinic … What a weird (and ultimately good) story: Mechelle Hall dabbed ...
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So a woman walks to an abortion clinic … What a weird (and ultimately good) story: Mechelle Hall dabbed ...
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Spegg leaned in and rubbed the paste into the knife wound in my arm, dabbed a little on my face, then slathered it on the bite on my calf.
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The waitress absently dabbed at her blood stained shirt with a linen napkin.
365 tomorrows » Roi R. Czechvala : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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She dabbed at her eyes with the white linen napkin.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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She actually smiled a few times and just dabbed at her eyes.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011
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The waitress absently dabbed at her blood stained shirt with a linen napkin.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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From her sleeve she pulled out a silk handkerchief, dampened it on the dewy grass, and dabbed at his wound.
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