jabbing 1 of 2

present participle of jab

jabbing

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of jabbing
Adjective
Daniel yells after jabbing his net into the bank. Wesley Bruer, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025 Gunn starts jabbing his fingers into Corenswet’s chest. Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025 Just jabbing people in the eye with a stick for the pleasure of it. Elizabeth Kaye Cook august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025 Others recalled him having stand-up rows, shouting, swearing, and jabbing his finger in the direction of co-workers. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025 O'Brien kept the jokes flowing during his opening monologue, lightly jabbing at A-list celebrities and their films while also reminding audiences what the Oscars are really about. Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025 Musk hasn’t refrained from jabbing back at Bannon. Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025 In the meantime, Democrats are jabbing back at GOP claims over the New Orleans atrocity. Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025 Companies perfected the art of evasion, leaving us jabbing the zero key like a deranged woodpecker just to talk to someone with a pulse. Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jabbing
Verb
  • The video shows Brown seated behind the victim before pulling out a folding knife and stabbing her multiple times without provocation.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Around four minutes later, the man pulls out a knife and begins stabbing Zarutska three times, including at least once in the neck.
    Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wi-Fi 7's puncturing capability is designed to isolate the interference, enabling devices to use the remainder of the channel.
    Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
  • These posts implicitly criticize the government by puncturing its narrative of economic progress.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • His desperate, lacerating Teddy is a character who has ruined his own life, who has martyred himself out of his devotion to The Truth.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Australian playwright Tony McNamara has turned his side hustle as a screenwriter into a blessing for Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite), and viewers of The Great, his bawdy historical farce for Hulu, can attest to his love of layered, lacerating insults.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Iniki is the Hawaiian word for sharp and piercing wind.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That alone is amazing, said Timbrook, Depue and a representative for the soft body armor vest that stopped a bullet from piercing the officer’s chest.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There is nothing quite like the view from Monterey Bay—jagged coastline and evergreens framing a strip of blue.
    Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Visitors will find themselves with jaws agape at the striking jagged mountain peaks, looming glaciers, and slick icebergs, all set to the backdrop of moody, misty weather—this is a photographer’s dream adventure.
    Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Both are solid options in their own ways, and picking one would no doubt harm the other.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • After more than an hour on the road, the team arrived at a cluster of trailers behind a long dirt path on a grower’s property in South Haven, tight quarters where farmworkers rest after long-hour shifts picking fruit under the Michigan sun.
    David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And sticking close to home may pay untold dividends for inhabitants’ mental health, Gorman said.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Have fun sticking it to the man—or the raccoon, as the case may be.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025

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