Example Sentences

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Over the past month, most of his opponents have jabbed at Landry on social media and in interviews, calling him a bully and making accusations of backroom deals to gain support.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023

Bubba Watson and Rory McIlroy, each with two major championships to his credit, have jabbed Reed at news conferences.

From Washington Post

If you have jabbed it far enough into the ground in the first place, it will balance nicely by its own spring and the elasticity of the turf.

From The Mountains by White, Stewart Edward

He would cheerfully have jabbed all his fingers if he could have found some means of using the opening to express himself of the vague emotions that possessed him.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

He'd have jabbed the barracouta, and eaten him, too, just as quick as look, but he hated the Inkmaker, and could not think of anything else.

From Children of the Wild by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir