Verb (used with object) : The child dabbed his eyes with the handkerchief. ,He dabbed the ointment on the rash. ,Joe dabbed his rope on the steer. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : She dabbed at the stain on her dress. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : a dab of butter. ,a dab of powder. From Dictionary.com.
His wife, on the other hand, she was dabbing her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2007] Reference
Rindy was whimpering, dabbing smeary fists at her face. From Wordnik.com. [The Door Through Space] Reference
Apparently, one of the alternates was dabbing her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 27, 2005] Reference
They were seen taking some Kleenex and dabbing their eyes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2005] Reference
“Well I'm Hillary,” she repeats, dabbing her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [A Wedding] Reference
Do not rub hard, and dry by dabbing gently with a soft cloth. From Wordnik.com. [Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use] Reference
Green straightened up, dabbing his forehead with a white cloth. From Wordnik.com. [Praise Be To Al Green] Reference
And I suppose, "she added, dabbing impatiently at her eyes," all. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
When I came to, Janice was dabbing at my eye with a cold cloth. From Wordnik.com. [No Pretty Boy] Reference
Jessie, dabbing her eyes with a square inch or so of handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
And the one kept dabbing at her eyes but there were no tears there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2008] Reference
"Don't mind me," he said, dabbing with the handkerchief at his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
It was while Hippolyte was dabbing his cheeks with a damp towel that. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18] Reference
Mollie apologized, dabbing at Bab with her small pocket handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail] Reference
Poor Jimmy was dabbing the mustard off his shirt. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 2] Reference
Luke was dabbing the pointer carefully at the bald top of Weaver's head. From Wordnik.com. [The Worshippers] Reference
She laughed a little hysterically, dabbing her eyes with her handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
She repeated it twice, before dabbing away the blood welling from the cuts. From Wordnik.com. [h] Reference
She was dabbing her face from time to time with a handkerchief or a kleenex. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2002] Reference
dabbing, dabbing - I have to say, this is nothing like Monet, can't touch it. From Wordnik.com. [Monet's Canvas Cathedrals: A Life Study Of Light] Reference
ANDERSON: She had Kathie Lee Gifford dabbing her eyes with a sock on "Today.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2009] Reference
Holmes pulled out his handkerchief and began dabbing at the map in disapproval. From Wordnik.com. [The Moor]
Thank goodness my nephew was able to get up the spots by dabbing with a wet cloth. From Wordnik.com. [Joanne Herman: A Wedding Just for the Kids] Reference
A few of them caught dabbing tears from their eyes and trying to fight back crying. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2006] Reference
And I don't know if he was yawning, if he was tired, but he was dabbing his cheeks. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 20, 2009] Reference
As she caught sight of him she began dabbing her eyes hastily with her handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
Lightly dabbing her eyelids with a pocket powder-puff, she went back to the cottage. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
The fat man sat in the street, dabbing at his bleeding nose, the panama still in place. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Anything] Reference
'I'm only Betty,' she said, dabbing her face with her handkerchief; 'are you an angel?'. From Wordnik.com. [Odd] Reference
Her hand was dabbing furtively at her face for a purpose which Pierre could not surmise. From Wordnik.com. [Riders of the Silences] Reference
"He ain't gwine let me tetch him," said Chany, feebly dabbing at him with the handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [Plantation Sketches] Reference
"" I had never requested kindness before, '' she says, dabbing at her eyes with a paper napkin. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes From A Marriage] Reference
I told him, and stood in the doorway dabbing at his shirt with a paper towel soaked in seltzer. From Wordnik.com. [Why I Can't Be a Hare Krishna] Reference
She drew back in horror, her hands dabbing aimlessly from her own face to the sides of the pew. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
Another reporter said that she saw an alternate juror with a Kleenex possibly dabbing her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 27, 2005] Reference
And he found himself dabbing at his chin with his napkin and hoping that no one had noticed his soup dribbling from his mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Duchess]
After a minute, Tom arrived, stark-faced, bending over his father, dabbing at Long's bloody hand with his schoolboy handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [Locked Rooms]
Areina stood at her shoulder, dabbing at the perspiration streaming down her face and trying not to show boredom with the children. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
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