stab
verb (used with object)
to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
stabs
Example Sentences
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“If you have a friend that stabs you in the back, that’s the way it was with what I had been taught about history,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
A game of energetic ping-pong unfolded underneath the gallery’s fluorescent light, beams of identification, recollections or stabs of grief bouncing off each piece in the exhibition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Instead, Cregger’s exasperating stabs at humor poke holes in the ubiquitous dread at the core of his story, letting all the air back into the room.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025
Certainly he and his team have given it their all; the time they’ve put in and their stabs at various compromises have been impressive.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2024
The boy stabs at the dirt with the stick.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
