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Wondering how to use Daub in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as smear or coat.

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Daub in a sentence

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Daub | Daubed | Dauber | Dauberman | Daubert | Dauben | Daube | Daubermann | Daubers

Daub meaning

  1. Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
  2. A soft coating of mud, plaster, etc.
  3. A crude or amateurish painting.

Synonyms of Daub

smear coat plaster picture painting mar defect blemish slur smirch blot spot smudge clay surface

Related words

Other words often associated with Daub or its synonyms:

fault appearance cover vitiate mistake impair deflower stain covering error spoil coating

Using Daub

  • The main meaning on this page is: Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction. | A soft coating of mud, plaster, etc. | A crude or amateurish painting.
  • Useful related words include: smear, coat, plaster, picture.
  • In the example corpus, daub often appears in combinations such as: daub the, to daub, daub or.

Context around Daub

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

festival 1× abagena 1× infill 1× clay 1× wattle 1×

Often after:

huts 1× lie 1× themselves 1×

Sentence patterns with Daub

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

at abagena daub in makurdi 1× clay infill daub lie over 1× gravy to daub on the 1× of wattle daub and thatch 1× people would daub themselves with 1× remains of daub the common 1× resemble a daub of paint 1× skull to daub a sign 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after killing her 1× in light of 1× naz provides terrific 1× osinbajo who is 1× people also buy 1× the oak staves 1×

Common sentence endings:

100 years later 1× among other accolades 1× and daub huts 1× and serve instead 1× coconuts as decorations 1× crops and livestock 1×

Words around Daub

Just before it in the word index:

dau 21 datx 4 datus 2 datura 18 datur 2 datun 2

Just after it in the word index:

daube 3 daubed 20 dauben 4 daubenspeck 2 dauber 8 dauberman 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaon 19 abbv 19 abdalla 19 abdirahman 19 abdulmalik 19 abhimanyu 19

Corpus analysis for Daub

  • In this selection, "daub" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, festival, abagena, infill, huts, lie and themselves stand out and add context to how "daub" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include at abagena daub in makurdi and clay infill daub lie over. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "daub" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with daub

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The wattle and daub also shows evidence of partial burning. (10 words)

Today, they live in unpretentious huts of wattle, daub and thatch. (11 words)

The space between the posts was filled in with wattle and daub, or occasionally, planks. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Today’s increasingly mental woke tropes, rap music, reality shows and plain, ugly architecture, for example, will be laughed at or looked upon with horror, the same as we do today with witch trials, Mao’s Cultural Revolution and, er, wattle-and-daub huts. (44 words)

In light of his exceptional undertakings, Mr. Daub was the recipient of the Hope is Help Award from the Autism Action Partnership and the Humanitarian Award from The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Nebraska, among other accolades. (41 words)

After killing her he used blood from her cracked skull to daub "a sign of the devil" on a door, said Alexandra Dedova, 21, a witness to the crime scene and Luchin’s initial police interrogation. (36 words)

Example sentences (14)

People also buy themselves new clothes for the festival, daub the front of their houses with colourful designs and use coconuts as decorations.

This was a pink encrusting coralline alga known as paint weed, no doubt because it does indeed resemble a daub of paint.

Today’s increasingly mental woke tropes, rap music, reality shows and plain, ugly architecture, for example, will be laughed at or looked upon with horror, the same as we do today with witch trials, Mao’s Cultural Revolution and, er, wattle-and-daub huts.

Naz provides terrific instruction for a white gravy to daub on the steak, but I follow the instruction of the great Texan cook Lisa Fain and serve instead.

In light of his exceptional undertakings, Mr. Daub was the recipient of the Hope is Help Award from the Autism Action Partnership and the Humanitarian Award from The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Nebraska, among other accolades.

After killing her he used blood from her cracked skull to daub "a sign of the devil" on a door, said Alexandra Dedova, 21, a witness to the crime scene and Luchin’s initial police interrogation.

Osinbajo, who is in Benue on a two-day working visit, stated this on Tuesday while inspecting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps at Abagena, Daub in Makurdi and Guma Local Government Councils of the state.

The oak staves (wattle) and clay infill (daub), lie over the beams providing superior insulation for the house, but they were built 100 years later.

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Within the drip gullies were the remains of daub, the common material used at the time for cladding wooden framed walls.

The posts and beams divided the walls into regular compartments which could be left as openings, or filled with sun dried bricks, lathes or straw and covered with clay daub or plaster.

The space between the posts was filled in with wattle and daub, or occasionally, planks.

The wattle and daub also shows evidence of partial burning.

Today, they live in unpretentious huts of wattle, daub and thatch.

When the bonfire had died down, people would daub themselves with its ashes and sprinkle it over their crops and livestock.

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Common combinations with daub

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "daub" in a sentence?
An example: "People also buy themselves new clothes for the festival, daub the front of their houses with colourful designs and use coconuts as decorations." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "daub" from authentic English texts.
What does "daub" mean?
Daub means: Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
What are synonyms of "daub"?
Common synonyms of "daub" include: smear, coat, plaster, picture, painting, mar, defect, blemish. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "daub" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "daub", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.