Dabbing [verb]

"I—I don't want you to," wailed Genevieve, dabbing her eyes with her handkerchief.

Luke was dabbing the pointer carefully at the bald top of Weaver's head.

Her hand was dabbing furtively at her face for a purpose which Pierre could not surmise.

Some one rushed up with a sponge and began dabbing his face.

Then she pulled out a small handkerchief, edged with cheap lace, and fell to dabbing her eyes.

The girl worked busily, dabbing a twist of cloth into a little saucer of brown dye that holds longer than any walnut juice.

Before taking the plunge, pour cold water over the head; simply dabbing the hair with it is not sufficient.

Ricky had pulled out a microscopic bit of handkerchief and was dabbing at the blood in an amateurish way.

I promise you nothing,' said the dolls' dressmaker, dabbing two dabs at him with her needle, as if she put out both his eyes.

Jeffries, staggering backward and dabbing desperately at his face where the full force of Nat's charge had expended itself.