daub
verb (used with object)
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud.
has daubed
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present perfectof daub (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Against one wall was an inspiration board with pictures of the many, many fashion models whose faces Ms. Brown has daubed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2018
A Representative who has daubed no pretty picture; a Senator who has outdone Titian.
From Time Magazine Archive
She has daubed letters all over the back of my new barn.
From At the Little Brown House by Brown, Ruth Alberta
History, folklore's jade, has daubed Merril with the rouge of myth, and it does not become him.
From The Peacemaker by Coppel, Alfred
Some ape has daubed self-conceit over it, and I see nothing else but his bold colours.
From The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
