The rain half snow half sleet dabbled against the window pane and I lifted the blind to watch the flakes stick and melt on the glass - A Diary Without Dates by Enid Bagnold

The onset of the avenging host with the 'shout of a king' in their midst the terror of the flight the riot of havoc and bloodshed and finally the quick thrust of the sharp Israelite sword in some strong hand and the grey hairs all dabbled with his blood these were what the man came to who had once breathed the honest desire 'Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his' - Expositions of Holy Scripture Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers by Alexander Maclaren

I am no mechanic and yet I have dabbled into scientific matters - Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas