jab
verb (used with object)
to poke, or thrust abruptly or sharply, as with the end or point of a stick or with the finger or elbow.
had jabbed
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past perfectof jab.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“She thought that it would go to press and be read by the city of Boston before I realized that she had jabbed me in the eye,” Dorland said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
He later said that Cho had jabbed his hand with a document folder, swore and pointed her finger at him while he kneeled to apologize.
From Time ● Dec. 16, 2014
Commentators Drew Pearson and Walter Winchell, who had jabbed away at Forrestal for relentless months in syndicated columns and Sunday-night broadcasts, found themselves the attacked instead of the attackers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Small as she was, she had jabbed him with her already powerful talons as he carried her to the ground.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
"Now," she said, when she had jabbed the last hair-pin into place and tucked my handkerchief into her belt, "if you have been sufficiently amused, perhaps you will help me out of here."
From The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
