stab
verb (used with object)
to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
have stabbed
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present perfectof stab.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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“Everything I wanted in America is gone. You not only killed Olga, you killed me. You killed our whole family. You have stabbed me in the heart.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
“Ofc. McFarlain stated he could not live with himself if Pellerin would have stabbed someone in the store,” she wrote, according to The Advertiser.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
To bolster claims that Quinn is a repeat false accuser, many Gamergaters floated the claim that Quinn once claimed to have stabbed someone.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2019
A lawyer being probed over fraud allegations who was found dead may have stabbed himself, police have revealed.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2013
The discovery of the age or something? 11TH JUROR: It would still be an incredible coincidence for another person to have stabbed the father with the same kind of knife. 3RD JUROR: That’s right!
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
