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 Shea, Robert

They were jabbing at nothing there on the prairie.

From A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier by Deming, Edwin Willard

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 Zola, Émile