5 sentences with 'rubbing'
Example sentences and phrases with the word rubbing and other words derived from it.
• « Before the birth of science, the hands were used for rubbing, pressing or patting where it hurt. Without thinking too much about it, each people incorporated this technique as a therapy for healing or prevention of illness. »
• « The version that fire was created by rubbing two wooden sticks together is well known, but researcher Hugo Champion discovered that prehistoric man also used pyrite, a shiny, golden-yellow mineral. »
• « While ancient man created the spark by rubbing the sticks together, Champion discovered that this was done on easily ignited tinder from the bark of birch or poplar trees. According to this researcher, in prehistoric times, a natural saltpetre extracted from cesspools and dunghills could be used. »
• « "I keep thinking," Plotkin told me, "that 25 years ago most of the men in this village made fires by rubbing sticks together. Now they wear wristwatches and glasses. »