jab
verb (used with object)
to poke, or thrust abruptly or sharply, as with the end or point of a stick or with the finger or elbow.
were jabbing
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past progressiveof jab.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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Near the medical scale, two Puerto Ricans were jabbing at their reflections in full-length mirrors.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
He heard men speaking above him and feet shuffling around him, but despite his command, no swords were jabbing downward.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea
It was a regular peal, as Zoe said, a peal loud enough to upset the neighborhood, seeing that a whole mob of men were jabbing at the ivory button, one after the other.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola
They were jabbing at nothing there on the prairie.
From A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier by Edwin Willard Deming
