daubing
- present participle of daub.
Example Sentences
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The final episode ended with Sullivan's Jimmy Corkhill daubing a "d" on the street sign so it read "Brookside Closed", before driving out of the cul-de-sac.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025
Punishment was swiftly meted out for any public expression of Ukrainian patriotism — displaying a flag, singing a national ballad, daubing a bit of blue-and-yellow graffiti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Several times he said that he had finished, but after pausing a few seconds, he would return to the canvas, daubing and smudging and spilling again.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2022
Bright paintings adorn many buildings in the neigbourhood and workers are busy daubing steps and stone walls in cheerful hues of yellow and orange.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2021
I wasn’t sure how he was going to get his boots back on, even after daubing the worst of the blisters with a paste made of baking soda.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
