Martin says an enthusiast is worse than useless; people, he says, can't afford to dabble in ideas or dreams.
Do not dabble in the muddy sewer of politics, nor linger by the enchanted streams of literature, nor dig in far-off fields for the hidden waters of alien sciences.
Whether philosophers, and more especially metaphysicians, have any peculiar tendency to dabble in drugs and dose themselves with physic, is a question which might suggest itself to the reader of their biographies.
Another trait of his motley preceptor, Byrne, was a disposition to dabble in poetry, and this likewise was caught by his pupil.
Hadn't he had experience enough of what comes to those who dabble in mines?
Tell Dabble to go to the devil," he remarked, absent-mindedly, continuing his writing.
Tell Mr. Dabble I didn't order any wine," said Moore, crossly.
Dabble pulled his watch from his pocket as he crossed to the basket.
Dabble believed in system, and in this instance having an order of sherry to deliver in the neighborhood took advantage of his being in the vicinity to dun the poet for his long over-due account.
He delighted in the dying groans of women and children, and loved to dabble his feet and hands in the warm blood of the slain.
A man loses too much by lettin' 'em dabble in his business.
When I want you an' Miller to dabble in my business I 'll call on you.
Every chemist must dabble in poisons, since poison forms an element of all medicines," replied Victor.
You still dabblewith poisons, I perceive," said Sir Reginald, pointing to the mask which Victor had laid aside on a table near him.
To dabble in water with hands or feet; to use a paddle, or something which serves as a paddle, in swimming, in paddling a boat, etc.
Many of these young people will jump up twenty times a day and run to dabble the tips of their fingers in water, after touching the most inoffensive objects.
As you saw indoors, I do dabble a bit in mineralogy and metallurgy.
I took him not out, for he has no longings to dabble his toes in a brook.
Even amongst candid and honest-minded students of psychology there is a certain reluctance to dabble in researches into the night-side of the mental range.
This language is very characteristic of the physicists who dabble in psychology and imagine they are treading in the steps of Kant, if not even verifying what they call his guesswork: cf.
At that early age he had already begun to dabble in chemistry, and had fitted up a small traveling laboratory.
Did he conclude that he had made a mistake in his calling, and dabble in something else?
Before every warlike expedition the people of Minahassa in Celebes used to take the locks of hair of a slain foe and dabble them in boiling water to extract the courage; this infusion of bravery was then drunk by the warriors.
He said nothing for a time, but stood looking at the picture, while the copyist began actively to dabble with her paint.
I am very glad," said Mademoiselle Noemie with extreme gentleness, and she began to dabble in her colors again.
It's wonderful how many people there are there who dabble in music!
It would be dispiriting to me, this early beginning and first cold dabble of a most dispiriting day's work.
To dabble among dishes in a bedroom may perhaps make clean the body; but the imagination takes no share in such a cleansing.
That's the reason why I don't dabble any more, my dear Rickham; or rather Stroud himself is the reason.
O will you accept of the mus-e-lin so blue, To wear in the morning and to dabble in the dew?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dabble" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
