Example Sentences

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In the northern region of Asturias, graffiti has been daubed in recent days on holiday rental properties, with the slogan: "Your business, our ruin."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Martine Letterie, one of the campaign's organisers, said concentration camps were increasingly the target of vandalism, including far-right imagery daubed on sites.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

With the campaign heading into the homestretch, Gluesenkamp Perez recently embarked on a RV tour of the 3rd Congressional District, down twisting two-lane roads, past farmland and forests daubed with red, yellow and orange.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2024

Tractors and lorries blocked the A7 motorway in south-east France, with the slogan "we're dying to feed you" daubed in red on one of the vehicles.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2024

Bast managed to look amused and annoyed at the same time as he daubed a bead of liquid from the front of his shirt.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss