Example Sentences

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Chompulsion: The deep urge one has to fight while the dentist is jabbing you in the mouth.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2022

He is jabbing his finger at me across the table.

From The Guardian • May 5, 2018

Sanders’ body language expresses displeasure as crushingly as any verbal putdown: his face crumples, his shoulders hunch, and he looks as though someone is jabbing him with needles.

From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2017

And yet, there is something more taking place than simply Joe Morrissey’s impression of Lazarus and the finger he is jabbing in the eye of Virginia’s political establishment.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2015

Something is jabbing at the side of my chest.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini