Example Sentences

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The artist and buyer were nonconformists, jabbing at, well, something.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

"His jabbing was superb, his footwork was superb, he wasn't slow. He was very evasive."

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2024

He spent the final months of his life at home in hospice care, still jabbing at friends and former colleagues through social media.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

She furiously rejects a reconciliation — “How could you want me back after the damage is done?” — in a roar of distorted funk and jabbing, buzz-bombing guitar.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Charles Chiltington was jabbing at one of the hover ladder bases with a pointy-tipped screwdriver.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein