"I need to get started," I said, getting swabs and a chemical thermometer out of my case.

“Thanks,” murmured Quoyle to the waitress, swabbing his plate with a bun.

But I did swab them, and maybe that will help.

We got a boat specially sterilized fore and aft, swabbed clean as a bound’s tooth.

Nor can the seaman who swabs the decks. Nor can the salvage company manager.

Nor can the seaman who swabs the decks.

"I'm back swabbing the decks on the Lincoln."

A smaller group went to the Ra'ikiyah gas plant and carried out a radiometric survey and took swab samples there.

Angelo secretly took a swab of her saliva and had her D.N.A. tested.

Astrid, can you hand me a cotton swab?