Dabbed

When you have completely tinted all the pictures and "dabbed" all the colored portions, you may then go over them all again and shade them up where required with rather stronger colors, taking care, however, not to overdo this. ❋ Various (N/A)

Her son dabbed her mouth with a tiny pink sponge, rubbing ChapStick on pale lips, lightly purple after weeks of labored breathing. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

Later, around age eight, when I could finally read, I more closely examined the bottles that she kept on her vanity table for synagogue, turned over on her gloved index finger and then dabbed behind her ears and wrists before grabbing her matching purse and hat. ❋ Roseanne Barr (2011)

Mechelle Hall dabbed tears from her eyes Tuesday as she pleaded guilty to second-degree assault for brandishing a knife and threatening a woman who urged her not to get an abortion. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I used my backup emergency cloth inner zip number three and dabbed at my hair, shirt, and jeans. ❋ Julia DeVillers (2011)

So a woman walks to an abortion clinic … What a weird (and ultimately good) story: Mechelle Hall dabbed ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

The doc blotted around the injury with another of the towels, then dabbed the wounds directly with gauze. ❋ Linda Robertson (2011)

She dabbed at her eyes with the white linen napkin. ❋ P. G. Sturges (2011)

She actually smiled a few times and just dabbed at her eyes. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

His stories of derring-do and adventure remind me of my youth, when a curved piece of wood dabbed with red paint serving as my blooded blade, fresh from slicing a Saracen marauder in Twain. ❋ Miguel Guhlin (2010)

Spegg leaned in and rubbed the paste into the knife wound in my arm, dabbed a little on my face, then slathered it on the bite on my calf. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He dabbed his lips with his napkin and cleared his throat. ❋ V.C.Andrews (2011)

The waitress absently dabbed at her blood stained shirt with a linen napkin. ❋ Unknown (2010)

From her sleeve she pulled out a silk handkerchief, dampened it on the dewy grass, and dabbed at his wound. ❋ Unknown (2009)