daub
verb (used with object)
to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud.
were daubing
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past progressiveof daub.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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When he read that people were daubing themselves with instant skin tan, he moaned: "If you can't believe in the sun, what can you believe in?"
From Time Magazine Archive
It looks back to the days when artists were daubing ocher on cave walls and skinning hares with their teeth.
From Time Magazine Archive
