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Example sentences for: jabs

How can you use “jabs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

) But there's not much edge to these jabs, the way there was even a week ago when the campaign was a more plausible horse race.
Kristol and both Carlsons--Tucker and Margaret--blame Seattle's mayor for treating the protestors with kid gloves ("a weak mayor of Seattle, I'm afraid, a kind of cappuccino sipper," jabs Tucker Carlson).
Under the fold, the Post calls a foul on Bill Bradley for reneging on his promise to play a chivalrous campaign game; the Democratic hopeful has taken verbal jabs at his competitor Al Gore recently.
Barney Frank (the top Democrat) announced the decision at a press conference, after which the two traded partisan jabs.
Some even take jabs at the gullibility of eager fans.