Sentence examples for be rubbed from inspiring English sources

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be rubbed

verb

To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.

  • I rubbed the cloth over the glass.

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"The marks can be rubbed out, I s'pose," Gavin said.

He would be rubbed out — first from the present, then from the past.

But at least we did it in pencil so it could be rubbed out.

Under the system, 40percentt of bags will be rubbed on the outside.

This should be rubbed into the affected area once or twice a day for several months.

Beef can be rubbed with these as well as with lime.

There is an herb garden, where aloe — which can be rubbed on radiation burns — grows.

Sometimes a child will be shaken, sometimes chilli peppers will also be rubbed in the eyes.

Simple cotton swabs would be rubbed inside the mouths of suspects.

BIO requires patience; only after I had wet my 10th nail was the first ready to be rubbed off.

It may be rubbed down and polished, patinated, metal plated, gilded, painted, inlaid with other materials, and so on.

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