daub
verb (used with object)
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud.
daubs
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present tense formof daub (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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They are generally pleasant if bland landscapes, rendered in small, precise daubs of thick paint, and they begin to appear by the mid-1870s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Amid all this are tepid daubs of period detail: fluttering lace curtains, torn crinolines, crackling fires.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
The algorithm-driven daubs of pastel color, although they never cohere into legible images, “explore the heritage of landscape painting,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
Amid the long-running protests, people playing the character increasingly use different color face paint, including daubs of soot.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2021
He stared at the daubs and streaks and runnels of red, and this newest mystery, it wasn’t a pathway of light burning lines through his mind.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
