DUB in a Sentence

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Example sentences for DUB, such as:

1. The walls must be dubbed out before painting.
2. I just dub them with a cute name when I bring them out to serve.
3. I'd rather watch a film with subtitles than one dubbed into Chinese.

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 Meanings and Examples of DUB
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dub
 v.  confer knighthood upon; honor with a new title or description; entitle; adorn
Classic Sentence:
1  This falling for anybody's say-so about medical jealousy and competition is simply part and parcel of your usual willingness to think the worst you possibly can of us poor dubs in Gopher Prairie.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
2  Thus everything connected with the school underwent a radical alteration, and respect for authority and the authorities waned, and tutors and ushers came to be dubbed "Old Thedor," "Crusty," and the like.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
Example Sentence:
1  I just dub them with a cute name when I bring them out to serve.
2  The spindly experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse, touched down at Dallas/Forth Worth International Airport shortly after 1 a.m. local time.
3  Pistorius, 26, dubbed "Blade Runner" for his prosthetic legs, is accused of premeditated murder for fatally shooting his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, 29, on Valentine's Day.
4  I'd rather watch a film with subtitles than one dubbed into Chinese.
5  The walls must be dubbed out before painting.