Her early artistic dabbings eventually led to a passionate career in painting.

She dabbed a small amount of ointment onto the scrape and covered it with a bandage.

She was dabbing at the spilled coffee with a napkin to prevent it from spreading.

Her dabbing of the antiseptic prevented the wound from becoming infected.

The dab hands in the kitchen prepared a feast in under an hour.

The chef filleted a fresh sand dab and served it with lemon and herbs.

When the storm destroyed his small boat and left him stranded, the villagers called him a poor dab and bundled him into their homes for the night.

When I saw the abandoned puppy shivering in the rain, I murmured poor dab and wrapped my coat around it.

The cabin was smack dab in the middle of the clearing, surrounded by tall pines.

The old oak tree stood smack-dab in the center of the field.