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

She dabs the stain with a cloth.

She added a few dabs of paint to the canvas to give it texture.

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

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

Hannah is a dab hand at fixing old bicycles, so everyone asks her for help.

The dab-handed chef improvised a gourmet menu from whatever was left in the pantry.

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

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

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