1 Mrs. Pontellier had brought her sketching materials, which she sometimes dabbled with in an unprofessional way.
2 His fingers were dabbled with blood.
3 But soon their skins turned cold, for there came a galloping across the moor, and the black mare, dabbled with white froth, went past with trailing bridle and empty saddle.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles 4 To my horror I perceived that the yellow blossoms were all dabbled with crimson.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL 5 But the wounded beast fled within the familiar roof and crept moaning to the courtyard, dabbled with blood, and filling all the house with moans as of one beseeching.
6 From what I have heard from him this morning, I gather that he has lost heavily in dabbling with stocks, and that he is ready to do anything on earth to better his fortunes.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty 7 In the vestry a plump fresh-faced jesuit and an elderly man, in shabby blue clothes, were dabbling in a case of paints and chalks.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 2 8 Then, chiding his hesitating comrades, he lifts him from the ground, dabbling the comely-ranged tresses with blood.