She used one of the sharp corners to do the dabbing.

The dabbing did not do much good for his face, but her attention uplifted his spirit.

And just as a word of caution, be careful dabbing when wearing crinolines.

'Eric will be back soon,' Laura offered eventually between sniffs and a great dabbing of eyes.

The immediate ease was a great reward; the dabbing and doctoring preoccupied him further.

He began experimenting with aquarelles on paper, based on random dabbing, a liquid effect and the spraying of paint.

Most startling of all are the nervous tics that accompany his every utterance: the constant wiping of his beard and lips, the incessant dabbing of his furrowed brow, the closed eyes, clenched fists and the strange gutteral noises that punctuate his speech.

Not just a dab of red here and there but the whole works.

I put a dab of green just to show where the box was.

He turned to Dab, who had been quiet all this time.

The other difference, and by far the more significant one, was the presence of Dab.

Sometimes a small dab would do, other times a 15-minute soak was needed.

A dab of purple on each person's face might bring my world back to life.

He said women should need wait only five or 10 minutes for a dab of the cream to take effect.

Frances gave a final dab, and got up with decision.

It's time she was married, and your mother seems, from what I hear, to be quite a dab in that line.

The mayor's speech had a dab of something for everyone.

A white dab of light was growing swiftly, coming toward them.

Add a dab of glue to hold it in place.

Maybe all it needs is a dab of penetrating oil.

Just a dab of lilt was back in his voice.

There was absolutely nothing about this dab of a girl to interest him, so why had he taken her out to lunch?

"Remember how I said we could walk smack dab into a wall and not know it?"

Lara brought up his hundred with a dab to third man.

Perhaps a dab on his tongue would be enough to settle him down.

Always giving orders, with never a kind word or a dab of affection.

She'd powdered her face and put on a dab of lipstick.

It was right smack dab in the middle of his forehead.

Serve a small dab over each individual oyster on the half shell.

With a dab of luck, you thought, that could be me someday.

She added a dab of cream to her coffee, hardly enough to change the color.

A dab under each nostril would be very welcome right now.

A moment later, she had to dab at them with her fingers.

Then she began to dab away on one wall with no particular plan or goal.

Quickly she moved to dab them away with her handkerchief.

She got out of bed and went to the bathroom to dab her face with some cold water.

Finally she broke away to dab her eyes with a tissue.

Do not touch the image area, instead dab a small section of the border.

She reached for a roll of toilet paper to dab her eyes.

He was using a white cloth to dab his sweat at this point.

She took the string vest and began to dab herself with it.

Some use long strokes and others dab the paint on in spots.

Tears welled in her eyes, and she had to dab them.

Lay one sheet on to a clean surface and dab it all over with oil.

Dab it with this and make it the right size!

He produced a handkerchief and used it to dab at his forehead.

Her voice was brisk, she pulled back far enough to dab at the spill on the table.

The monkeys were beginning to dab each other with whitewash.

He pulled out his handkerchief to dab them away.

"Maybe you ought to dab some of that brandy on it.

A good team needs to dab the brakes a little and go at their own pace."

"Keep those posts in and dab them with alcohol three times a day for two weeks.

"I dab in a little of everything," he said.

Then dab the solvent on the spot with a soft cloth.

She stopped to dab an eye with a tissue.

He'd get a little piece between his fingers and then dab it round to pick up crumbs.

In a moment Colin brought Rose one with which to dab herself.