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Example sentences for: rubbing

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Were he alive, Dwight Macdonald, archenemy of all things low-and middlebrow, would be rubbing his hands with malicious glee.
Scentmarks, containing estrus-inducing pheromone, were collected by rubbing 4 sides of a 7-ml glass vial on the suprasternal gland of an unrelated male.
You will always see someone rubbing the part of a statue corresponding to an afflicted area in the hope of relief from pain and worry.
All others are discarded and the collector can be seen caressing the pebble, rubbing all worries away.
Dogs show a form of behaviour called rolling/rubbing in strongly smelling objects [ 30 ] . The intention of the dog may be to eliminate or dilute the odour since this type of rolling is frequently associated with sneezing and running [ 30 ] . In other cases the dog may roll in an odour that is considered unpleasant by humans.