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How to use the word rubbing in a Sentence?

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You could tell I was not averse to rubbing his nose in this thing. He was polite to me, to this day, Joel does not remember that phone call, and I guess I don’t blame him.

Martin Cooper

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Israel’s enemies are watching this and rubbing their hands in glee, and that affects American national security interests as well because we depend on Israel to stabilize the region.

Martin Indyk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Boneless turkey breast roast is the perfect main entrée if you are feeding a smaller crowd over the holidays, this method of stuffing the turkey breast with garlic, then rubbing it with fresh herbs is a nod to my Ukrainian roots where Mom cooked roasts the same way. They always turned out flavorful and this does, too.

Olena Osipov of iFOODreal.com

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I asked him,' How are you doing ? Can Zhu Keming still run ?' His speed was pretty slow, and he was rubbing his legs with his hands. He said he couldn't run anymore because of muscle cramp, so I said,' Come warm up in the cave'.

Zhu Keming

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Seeing just that stream of spray going into their eyes. And then the woman officer just with her head rubbing her eyes, turning away. What did she do that day, other than show up to do her job, staring down thousands of angry people ? and then the officer who is now no longer with us, it's almost surreal, sort of walking in solitude rubbing his eyes on the Capitol steps.

Michael Aloi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I have no issues with Rahm, he has a history of rubbing some folks pretty roughly but I think he brings some good ideas to the table.

Chris Murphy

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We observed a shiny little blue bee grabbing the flower and rubbing its head on the top portion of the flower two or three times before moving on to another flower, in reading about this unique behavior we were pretty shocked to see it.

Chase Kimmel

Found on CNN
3 years ago

But you have to realize that the reason why I was treating Michael Jordan like that is because I needed Michael Jordan to be tough in the playoffs and were facing the Indianas and Miamis and New Yorks in the Eastern Conference. Michael Jordan needed to be tough and I needed to know that I could count on Michael Jordan. And those are the kind of things where people see me acting the way I acted in practice, theyre not going to understand it. I said to Michael Jordan, Thats great because this is an opportunity. We have 10 hours here to peel back the onion and have you articulate all the things you just articulated to me. EX-NBA CHAMPION RECALLS RUBBING MICHAEL JORDAN FOR GOOD LUCK BEFORE GAME : I THOUGHT IT WAS AWKWARD Jordan said in one of the episodes that winning has a price, according to The Athletic. He said if a certain standard wasnt being met by one of his teammates, he would step in and explain to the person what was going on And leadership has a price, Michael Jordan reportedly says. So I pulled people along when they didnt want to be pulled. I challenged people when they didnt want to be challenged. And I earned that right because my teammates who came after me didnt endure all the things that I endured. Once you joined the team, you lived at a certain standard that I played the game. And I wasnt going to take any less. Now, if that means I had to go in there and get in your ass a little bit, then I did that. You ask all my teammates. The one thing about Michael Jordan was Michael Jordan never asked me to do something that Michael Jordan didnt fking do. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON Michael Jordan said people may perceive Michael Jordan as a tyrant but thats because nobody has had as much sustainable success as Michael Jordan did. Look, I dont have to do this.

Michael Jordan

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

There's no( rubbing) alcohol.

Neima Arocha

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The politicians have always been in conflict on how to carve up the cake. This obstructs any reforms and reveals them as a bunch of liars to international opinion, the wide scope of these protests is evidence of the buildup of the crisis and that it is rubbing salt in the citizens' wounds.

Mahmoud Faqih

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The wide scope of these protests is evidence of the buildup of the crisis and that it is rubbing salt in the citizens' wounds.

Mahmoud Faqih

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Rubbing alcohol has long been used in medicine as a disinfectant for skin surfaces and environmental surfaces, it has been generally thought that rubbing alcohol was fairly safe from the emergence of resistance amid susceptible germs. This interesting and carefully done study refutes that assumption.

James Scott

Found on CNN
5 years ago

He's rubbing a lot of people the wrong way, what we think is important is that the ranks are closed... We're not going to pay with a free trade treaty with something that is illegal in the first place.

One EU diplomat

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

He said he had to go in, but he didn’t tell me that the way he was going to go in was not using lubricant like a doctor would. He just kept rubbing back and forth — that’s when I knew something was going on...Then he put his fingers up inside me. he’s an Olympic doctor and he should know what he is doing.

Christie Achenbach

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

He said his new way of treating people was going internally and manipulating the pelvic floor in order to help with any problem a female might have, he said he had to go in, but he didn’t tell me that the way he was going to go in was not using lubricant like a doctor would. He just kept rubbing back and forth — that’s when I knew something was going on...Then he put his fingers up inside me.

Christie Achenbach

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I remember a male employee coming up behind me while I worked, pinning me against a table and rubbing his penis against my rear.

Fabiana Santos

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The fabric breaks down when it’s constantly rubbing against the dirt an oils from our skin, so to prolong your bra’s life, you really want to make sure you wash it after every wear.

Jen Luciana

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

If you’re not normally boastful, then people are going to be much more inclined to say, ‘Wow, he or she just really wants to share,’ rather than think you’re rubbing it in their faces.

Melody Wilding

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

After a while, Mr. Cosby started getting fresh. He was touching me and rubbing my leg. The next thing I remember was waking up in my car, my head hanging down from the seat, alone, i knew I was drugged because I threw up and I never threw up or drank too much. I believe that he must have put something in my drink while we were closing up the place.

Lisa Christie

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Once the elastic is failed and they’re not staying in place and causing extra rubbing and shifting around, it’s time to throw them out and get some new ones.

Melissa Piliang

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I think the improvement is the fact that we get this very resistant coating, so generally these superhydrophobic coatings are very mechanically weak, so can be easily rubbed off over time, whereas by applying this spray adhesive we've managed to get very resistant coatings that are resistant to, as I say, rubbing or scratching and with sandpaper and so on.

Claire Carmalt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Hand washing by rubbing the hands with warm soapy water for at least 20 seconds helps to slough germs off the skin, teach your children to wash their hands as well.

Keri Peterson

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.

Diogenes the Cynic (412 to 323 B.C.)

added by anonymous
13 years ago

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.

Chinese Proverb

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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