How To Use Dab In A Sentence

Most choose to buy in more affordable villages a little way away. Times, Sunday Times
A couple of commendable but slight folk covers albums in the early Nineties lead to assertions of writer's block. The Sun
Dab a little wood glue into the hole, insert the dowel, and drive a 5/8-inch or 3/4-inch screw through the back of the wood to secure the dowel.
So, she ran round and round the scaffold with the executioner striking at her, and her grey hair bedabbled with blood; and even when they held her down upon the block she moved her head about to the last, resolved to be no party to her own barbarous murder. A Child's History of England
The countless mini-roundabouts popping up where there just simply isn't room for a roundabout is another danger, increasing the number of small shunts & bumps.

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The lower mandible, which is powerful, and is indented at its point to receive the hook, has a very sharp edge, which, with that of the upper mandible, constitutes a pair of formidable shears. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
The logo has to be big enough to be readable from a distance (10-15 feet, say). Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Would you like to give me some stylistic feedback?
The best defensive spell available to a Sorceress is manifest in this formidable armor.
Frances was dabbing at her eyes with a paper tissue.
The reports of thefe pra&itioners are certainly favourable, in fome degree, to the idea of diluting the variolous contagion; however, many more fa&s are wanting deci - sively to edablifh the fuperiour advantage of this mode of inoculation.. The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan
He sped along Bellhouse Road and crossed a mini roundabout diagonally, to the alarm of many pedestrians and motorists.
Armed with splinters of steel, two ant-sized men dare the formidable mysteries of a termitary. The Raid on the Termites
A dab of pale lilac or silver on the inner corner of the eye will make your eyes look whiter and brighter, giving an instant youth punch. The Sun
Not difficult, admittedly, but he remains a solid and dependable presence at the back. The Sun
But there was understandable outrage when sundry fund managers and regional stockbrokers were confronted with the hat. Times, Sunday Times
Sadly, I must concede, that it was an understandable response in that milieu.
Among an ever-improving crop of pivotmen, Duncan is still the most dependable and fundamentally sound.
It's unavoidable, understandable, and perfectly forgivable under the circumstances.
Today, because of that initial donation, we have been able to raise additional funding for the now formidable Salone Microfinance Trust to fund microcredits for over 7,000 Sierra Leonean women and men! Tiffany Persons: The Never-ending Story of One Donation
And if you still get midday shine, mattify it by dabbing on a weightless powder that won't leave skin caked.
Nowadays the word jabberwocky is used to mean nonsensical language in general. â€ "V Venkata Rao, Ahmedabad The Times of India
Perhaps tools like moviolas might have more efficiently weeded out the dabblers - it's hard to say since moviolas were part of a more elitist type of technology and denied many an opportunity.
I've harped on about this before, but was interested in Bryan Caplan's critqiue of the Levy-Peart project: I'm going after analytical egalitarians because they're wasting their talent and energy defending the undefendable. Baffled by "Analytical Egalitarianism", Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
The goal to attack the spiralling cost of public services may be laudable, but the precedent is dangerous.
Looking back over the many extracurricular activities that our children have dabbled in at different stages, nothing has enriched their lives more than music.
Tractors and harvesters were replacing mules and manual labor, and mechanization was in the process of making black tenant farmers and sharecroppers expendable.
Still, the SNP are understandably cock-a-hoop and, again unsurprisingly, SNP bloggers are urging the party on to 2010 and their plans for an independence referendum. The View from the North
Which is why, no doubt, the most readable biographies have invariably been works of great scholarship as well.
In this domain it serves, to use the unavoidable cliche, merely as a rubber stamp.
The airy Atrium café is an ingenious use of ‘yard space’ and has become a fulcrum around which the centre rotates, serving affordable gourmet food cooked on the premises, prepared by top chefs.
This landmark and laudable legislative step would go a long way in women empowerment and gender equality.
Had it not been cold and wet it would have been a kinda fun day, if your idea of fun is standing still by a roundabout for nine hours.
`I'm surprised to find someone like you dabbling in that kind of Protestant neo-orthodoxy ! ULTIMATE PRIZES
It was an understandable mistake when the request was made by phone.
Fitch cautioned that the country's sovereign ratings remained constrained by relatively low levels of external liquidity as well as what it described as formidable social and structural challenges. ANC Daily News Briefing
At least two cars rammed Mr Ahmed's Rover before he leapt out and fled, only to be caught on the roundabout, the court heard.
There are many craft items on offer that are affordable, and all are hand-crafted with the attention to detail that is the hallmark of fine Chinese artisanship.
During both the Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf War, the B - 52's internal stowage of eighty-four 500-pound bombs made it a formidable offensive weapon.
It then sends that information in machine-readable form to itsalgorithmic subscribers, which can parse it further, using the resulting datato inform their own investing decisions.
'Sooner or later the young gadabouts will settle down to a more sane level of sartorial elegance. Times, Sunday Times
All bags to become biodegradable. Times, Sunday Times
A formidable presence, not just because of her voice; but because of her lithe, sensual chassis; presented as it was with a faux ditziness. Martha Wainwright, Rufus, Marilyn and Kate.
Fascinating and enhanced with a great soundtrack, this DVD is affordably priced and suited to many viewings.
Embellished with cascades of semi-precious stones, crystal beads, dabka, and vivid skeins of fine silk thread, the focus here is on detailing and embroidery.
Lastly, the hatred and contempt of the past two millennia add a formidable barrier to authentic communication.
They were weak, expendable with relatively little power in the committee structure.
The coffin was palled with a square of rusty black velvet, whence all the pile had long been worn, and which the soaking rain now helped age to embrown and make flabby; a standard cross was borne by an ecclesiastical official, who had on a quadrangular cap surmounted by a centre tuft; two priests followed, sheltered by umbrellas, their sacerdotal garments dabbled and draggled with mud, and showing thick-shod feet beneath the dingy serge and lawn that flapped above them, as they came along at a smart pace, suggestive of anything but solemnity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866
The roads have large potholes, road calming humps, roundabouts and other obstacles.
He sat at the opposite side of the table from Nero, his expression unreadable due to the fact that his face was concealed by a smooth oval mask of flawless black glass. The Overload Protocol
By comparison, last year 30,000 new affordable homes, categorised as more expensive than council properties but priced at below market rates, were built in London and the south-east. Homes cuts: south-east 'faces disaster' over affordable housing
laudable motives of improving housing conditions
His accomplishments were formidable during the first three decades of his reign.
The media's fixation with what happens next was completely understandable.
Third, "patronizing" is an understandable complaint but I do have honest respect and admiration for most people at TT. A Pat on the Back for Matzke
She dabbled with cosmetic surgery. Times, Sunday Times
The agreements governments have with their citizens about which services are to be provided will be simply unaffordable. Times, Sunday Times
_They_ were compelled to regard exploitage as a cruel but eternally unavoidable condition of the progress of civilisation; for when they lived it was and it always had been a necessity of civilisation, and they could not justly be expected to anticipate such a fundamental revolution in the conditions of human existence as must necessarily precede the passage from exploitage to economic equity. Freeland A Social Anticipation
Waitrose, for example, has made a real and commendable effort to source sustainable fish and shellfish across the board. Times, Sunday Times
Even though this denial has to some extent to do with Habermas’s understandable fight with the ghost of Heidegger, he seems now to turn this into a new orthodoxy, thereby showing how critical theory is incapable of critiquing its very foundational presuppositions such as valorization of rational argumentations, performative competence, validity claims and linguistic intersubjectivity instead of emotional intersubjectivity Craib, 1998. Jürgen Habermas, Sri Aurobindo and Beyond
DURANGO, Colo. (Reuters) - Chocolate may be a comfort in troubled times but even this affordable luxury is feeling the pinch of slower economic growth in the United States.
Along with the artist's renderings of badgers, each item is illustrated with easy to understand icons referencing water resistance, biodegradability (meaning you can go into a lake or ocean without harming the aquatic life), animal testing (none), and UVA rating. Marcia G. Yerman: Sunscreen Protection and Nail Polish: A Green Approach
If a certain amount of begrudgery is the unavoidable product of such a position of eminence, it is neither fair nor perceptive.
Other measures in the plan include new lane markings, anti-skid surfacing and several hundred yards of bus lane on Brighton Way up to the roundabout.
That famous voice is never more honeyed than when it's saying - in a courteous, roundabout way - ‘No.’
I stayed low until we approached the roundabout. Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War
Not difficult, admittedly, but he remains a solid and dependable presence at the back. The Sun
Suddenly, Fashion Bug didn't seem like a fun place with cute, kicky, affordable clothes and plentiful opportunities for advancement.
The new report has the laudable aim of changing the make-up of the judiciary. Times, Sunday Times
We expect further modest growth for the rest of the year, although affordability pressures are likely to limit gains for first-time buyers and home movers. Times, Sunday Times
These are minor quibbles, however, and the book overall is well-written, highly readable, and very enjoyable and informative.
Worries about cutbacks in government spending are understandable. Times, Sunday Times
The bunk should not be too wide: one rolls so in rough weather; of course it should not be athwartships, if avoidable. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement
He has a salt-and-pepper mustache, a dab of hair under his lower lip, and a glasses case poking out of his left chest pocket.
The ineffable in poetry is almost always the unreadable. Times, Sunday Times
In the duty of accumulation -- and I call it a _duty_, in the most strict and literal signification of that word -- all below a competence is most valuable, and its acquisition most laudable; but all above a fortune is a misfortune. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers
This is avoidable and unnecessary suffering. Times, Sunday Times
His fierce loyalty to his lead actor is understandable. Times, Sunday Times
Tchitcherine tracks mud off the street into the Center, gets a blush from Luba, a kind of kowtow and mopflourish from the comical Chinese swamper Chu Piang, unreadable stares from an early pupil or two. Gravity's Rainbow
Products include shopping bag, garbage bag , T - shirt bag, biodegradable bag bag, non woven bag.
Donnie raised his clean hand and dabbed the sweat from Steven's forehead, under his straggly hair.
What I want in a reviewer is an enthusastic reader who can write those difficult-to-do 700-word readable reviews. If anyone doubts ...
The roundaboutness of the entire production structure is lengthened. Mises Dailies
Literature is an easy, affordable, multidimensional, cross-curricular way to both educate teens about the world and allow them to learn about themselves and their pretensions in a safe and productive way.
Whether clipped into shape or left natural, barberry is a formidable barrier thanks to its dense foliage and profusion of thorns.
Their refusal to cooperate is perfectly/completely understandable, considering the circumstances.
He first dabbled in politics when he was at law school.
Duet is the first dependably variegated beautyberry, selected for its yellow-margined, variegated foliage and tolerance to full sun. New crop of hybrid plants demonstrate beauty of ingenuity
In a bizarre but later understandable chain of events, an incident happened in seconds that ruined the lives of four men and ended that of a fifth.
Still relatively pricey, but much more affordable than spending tens of thousands of pounds on your own polo pony. Times, Sunday Times
Continue adding the flour until the dough forms a kneadable ball. Buttermilk Cornmeal Bread with Fresh Chiles and Cheddar in Honor of International Women's Day
Many of the insanities start in this fashion; and all such practices, instead of being encouraged, should be discouraged; and all experienced and intelligent students of psychical research warn those who "dabble" in the subject against the repeated and promiscuous indulgence in such practices -- because of the dangerous, even disastrous, effects upon the mind, in many instances. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal
This is not a great essay in historical writing, but a readable and sensible one. Times, Sunday Times
Before machine-readable, full-text e-prints were available, paper preprints were mailed by the author or the institution only to major institutions.
Investors feeling uninspired is understandable - to a point - but it feels overdone. Times, Sunday Times
Understandable, but your example seems disanalogous to the present situation. "'I guess it depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is,' observed one of the justices, a sly reference to Starr’s previous job."
THE figures for avoidable deaths look shocking, but is it telling the whole story? The Sun
Tennessee fans are up in arms over the decommit, which is understandable. Undefined
The stab at rock stardom, the attempt at talk-show hosting, the game show his brother Mark unapologetically called "dopey," all those dabbles are in the past. John McEnroe's Next Frontier: Home
Missions for unmanned vehicles will gravitate toward those compatible with their primary strengths - persistence, expendability and stealth.
The rise of the netbook - affordable ultra-portable laptops - over the last eighteen months has been fascinating to watch.
Gadwalls forage mainly while swimming, either taking items from the surface or dabbling in shallow water, or diving, which they are more likely to do than most other dabblers.
The tradable permit approach has launched a new industry that brokers deals between firms.
A fabulous collection of ladies costume jewellery by Pave includes brooches, earrings, necklaces and gorgeous gift sets starting at very affordable prices.
Affordable off-campus housing that's close to the university is only a dream for most students.
The south ridge of Conival has unavoidable scrambling.
The patent is issued for ultraviolet protective coatings for application to heat sensitive record materials and other photodegradable printed matter.
Louise dabbed at her face with a powder puff.
These institutions were "industrial schools" "reformatories" and "orphanages"; in other words, the children were considered outcasts and, therefore, expendable. No Wall Between Church and State: Ireland and The Largest Child Abuse Scandal in History
Perhaps Elie avoided this approach in order to give priority to his subjects' biographies and avoid any taint of academicism, both of which are commendable aims.
It seems odd that a poet so keen - perhaps even desperate - to reach across time, to provide us with such realism, should do so by writing wilfully unreadable poems.
When I reached the banks of the great estuary, which are here very bare and exposed, the waters had receded from the large and level space of sand, through which a stream, now feeble and fordable, found its way to the ocean. Redgauntlet
Jack dabbed his rope on the steer.
Viagra kann Ihnen dabei helfen, schneller nach dem Orgasmus zum nachsten Partner. Matthew Yglesias » What Might Have Been
In her place is a formidable stateswoman. Times, Sunday Times
My son would like to join the army, but he is understandably concerned about being exposed to such brutishness.
Paid media focused on the most persuadable voters.
Some of the country's main thoroughfares converge at the busy Naas Road roundabout next to the Red Cow Inn.
From this latter practice arose their name — CONDOTTIERI; a term formidable all over Italy, for a period, which concluded in the earlier part of the seventeenth century, but of which it is not so easy to ascertain the commencement. The Mysteries of Udolpho
Swans were seen nesting and a dabchick had a flotilla of chicks behind her.
Maps: Some models have built-in contour lake maps, but most need plug-in map cards or downloadable maps, sold separately. What to Look for in a Bass Fishing GPS
But the trend has begun to change, owing to the availability of cheaper and trendy handsets, affordable pricing and relevant services.
She has a formidable list of qualifications.
LOOKING for an affordable party pad close to the action with your gal pals? The Sun
The small, plain-spoken drama teeters, undecidable, between lightness and weight. The Times Literary Supplement
The group was seen as inferior and therefore expendable.
The new range of computers have formidable processing power.
An absolute pristine typical Redesmere roach of old, complete with dab of orange under its chin.
Once upon a time it was a natural and unavoidable element in the relations of every married couple; just as it was natural and unavoidable, once upon a time, that the unwarlike and commercially-minded burghers of a mediæval city should bargain with a neighbouring and predatory baron to keep at bay – for a consideration – other barons no less predatory but a little less neighbouring. Marriage as a Trade
He would be, I don't want to use the word unstoppable but he would be formidable. CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2008
Once spray painted, these meters are unreadable by Parking Enforcement Aides, meaning vehicles can't be ticketed as it's impossible to see if the meters were fed or not. The Parking Ticket Geek: Has The Parking Meter Revolt Begun?
All too often the information they provide, and the supposed eyewitnesses they interview, are undependable.
Varieties like jungle jalebi and jatropha are ideal for wastelands while sadabhar, saijjan, kadambh, maulshree and sweet neem all germinate on their own and don't need maintenance. "
The remote-controlled vehicle is designed to be expendable, carries its own warhead, and uses cheaper components.
Four ships, including Dumanoirs Formidable sailed to windward of the British and exchanged shots with them as they passed, then sailed away from the battle.
But she also dabbled in a lot of drugs. Times, Sunday Times
One side of the painting is covered with energetic dabs of white and black over soft blue oblongs on a yellow ochre background.
If a note can append a piece of information to a specifically indexable point in a text, the rest of the text must potentially be recodable within a larger system.
Industrial and commercial uses of DEHP include resilient flooring, wall covering, roofing, aluminum foil coating/laminating, paper coating, extrudable molds and profiles, electronic component parts and wire and cable coating and jacketing. Industrial uses of di(1,2-Ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)
dab the wall with paint
The vegetable wax is biodegradable, and no synthetic fragrances are added to the essential oils.
A nifty footballer and a dab hand at catch and chase, Matthew admitted he thought he was going to lose her after she had an operation for a dodgy heart.
A condition given to determine whether a WN - space is expandable.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
Ionic, and 6. corinthian, we imported for our first buildings. and altho, being for the University, we did not think duties demandable at all, yet these being of 15. p.c. only at that time, and amounting to but 305. Letters to and from Jefferson, 1825
China's ability to sustain its rapid economic growth relies on having access to affordable natural resources. Times, Sunday Times
An added boon is affordable childcare and home cooking. Times, Sunday Times
The company's wholesale division dragged its heels on equipping local exchanges for ADSL, understandably, while it figured out a way of making it pay.
Now we have set aside and stewardship schemes where the production of food is secondary to the look of the countryside - all very laudable. Times, Sunday Times
They're a dab hand at jungle noises, too. Times, Sunday Times
These branches will afford the unbanked population with affordable minimum bank balance accounts that currently are unobtainable from most commercial banks.
I smiled, dabbing my eyes with the sleeve of my jacket. Blonde, Black and Blood Red
Inventor Jose Hernandez-Rebollar has invented an electronic glove that transforms American Sign Language hand-gestures into readable or hearable text, to help deaf people communicate more easily with hearing folks. Boing Boing
But whatever the circumstances, most would prefer to borrow more affordably if only they could. Times, Sunday Times
This expected slowdown appears to be largely due to mounting affordability pressures, which have increasingly constrained housing demand. Times, Sunday Times
Understandably, the Royal Society of Chemistry has just honoured Holmes with a fellowship, the first time an imaginary character is being recognised.
The restaurant in Miami was miffed, understandably. Times, Sunday Times
The dynamic attributes of the C-MAX are good, with dependable handling on twisty roads and the car holds its line on bumpy surfaces.
His books on diplomatic history were eminently readable.
The proven variable - area piston metering assembly provides accurate, dependable flow rate indication.
Mystified I adjusted my position so I could see, and dabbled an experimental finger or two in the tank.
For understandable reasons we prefer to think of ourselves as rational agents who live meaningful lives rather than as muddled actors in a theatre of the absurd.
That was understandable; it was in a military court at the Royal Air Force base in Uxbridge, Middlesex, in an airless room with a judge sitting at a table at one end of the room, and a gaggle of journalists sitting at the other.
There is no affordable housing in the scheme but this would most likely be provided on an alternative site in the borough. Times, Sunday Times
You'll need to be a dab hand at aerial acrobatics to succeed in this game. Times, Sunday Times
None of these characters is evil, none commits the transgression that precipitates the suicide, but all are driven, understandably yet horrifyingly, to behave in devious ways that wound others badly. Cover to Cover
Even biodegradable soap is not allowed in the water.
The tope work around the rising edges and base of these banks scaring up dabs, whiting and gurnards that hug the sand waiting for food to be brought to them by the tide.
This paper analyzes the factors use and degradable lunch container to transform real productive forces.
But drugs workers also report an increasing number of elderly folk dabbling in hard drugs such as cocaine for the first time. The Sun
You can sit with the fishermen at the bar, or nibble on good bread and fresh pats of unsalted butter while you peruse the menu and affordable wine list.
This is a laudable but somewhat abstract concept.
It is the unavoidable and serious consequence of non-submission which lies at the heart of coercion.
Magazines of the day published architectural plans for craftsman bungalows that were affordable to working-class as well as middle-class families.
Strikingly, Podhorzer said that his union's internal polls -- which push voters hard on the question of whether people are really firmly committed to their pick -- show that as many as "15 to 20 percent" of battleground state voters remain "persuadable," as he put it, despite what public polls say about the level of undecided voters. Top Obama Labor Supporter Warns Race Remains Volatile, Says Voters Lack Clear Sense Of Obama
I turned the empire from a weakened state to a formidable industrial powerhouse.
The West, from Rome to Britain, was called into action; the kings of Poland and Bohemia obeyed the summons of Conrad; and it is affirmed by the Greeks and Latins, that, in the passage of a strait or river, the Byzantine agents, after a tale of nine hundred thousand, desisted from the endless and formidable computation. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
But how do you write keyword - rich copy without compromising readability?
Ever dabble in the wacky baccy? Times, Sunday Times
Edwin van der Sar, 39, had nothing to apologise for, but the veteran understandably does not dominate the goalmouth.
Radio phone-in shows got into such a lather that foam was coming out of my DAB. The Sun
It's no wonder that their residents often tolerate extreme commutes in order to find affordable housing, " it said.
To bring what was commonly regarded as an unfilmable book to screen, Harron has understandably had to dilute Ellis' uncompromising vision, but the film's strengths lie elsewhere.
Yesterday, as our correspondent's account made clear, an ad hoc motorised cavalry of scores of youth fighters on pick-up trucks charged at Ajdabiya, only to retreat in disarray when Gaddafi's tanks, which were dug in around the town, fired back. Libya: Moving targets | Editorial
While I am a beretta owner, I have found the red labels to be fairly similar to berettas in terms of dependability, performance, and workmanship. while they aren't cheap, they're about $1800 new I think, and I have seen good used ones offered for just over $1000. The Ten Best Best Bargains In Shotgunning
But for a one-volume guide to a man who did more in a single lifetime than most could manage in 10, this authoritative and readable book could hardly be bettered.
Obviously moving from an area where house prices are high to one where they are relatively low makes buying more affordable. Times, Sunday Times
The team discovered that pieces of cotton wool dabbed with pyrazine and left next to chicken cages led to a five to ten percent increase in the egg mass of Leghorn chickens.
This messy business took place less than a year ago so bitterness is understandable. The Sun
REFERENCES: la pelouse (f) = grass; le gazon (m) = grass or lawn; Manou = endearment for the name Emmanuelle; for-mee-dah-bluh = formidable = great; gratter for it (Franglais) = scrape (save) or work for it Words in a French Life
Her secret, it seems, has been a confluence of business savvy and a folksy but formidable disarming charm. Times, Sunday Times
Look, no one begrudges you your right to write books, peddle gossip or make money, which given the way your boss treats you, is understandable.
Often translated as "impermanent," it's actually the negative of nicca, which means constant or dependable. All About Change by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
But that fusty image hides a formidable enterprise. Times, Sunday Times
He visited a number of sites in Kearsley, including the subway around Kearsley roundabout, and left small corks and bottle tops lying on the ground.
He can roll or slice his backhand, hook his forehand short, or hit it with a mix of pace and top spin that is formidable.
Typically, these candidates are originally from Dublin, but were driven out by unaffordable property prices.
The perfectly laudable aim is to engineer a more mixed intake in schools. Times, Sunday Times
The latter state of mind seemed totally understandable given his isolated existence.
The users, however, were not entirely delighted when messages with a subject starting with " - SPAM ‘began arriving in their inboxes, with blocks of technospeak at the top and no human-readable HTML messages.’
He then celebrated in quintessential Paterson style, sprinting away down the line while furiously dabbing.

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