stroking
Example Sentences
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Stroking the bird’s nape, Mr. al-Humaidi gently removed a GPS device — another safety net — and rearranged its feathers with care.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022
Stroking the forearm, rich in type C afferents, lit up social brain areas in the controls, but stroking the palm, which contains predominantly type A nerve fibers, had no such effect.
From Science Magazine • May 29, 2019
Stroking his chin, he answered, “It was during a meeting of the County Board. We wanted to pick a new name instead of the Russian one we had. Your grandfather’s surfaced immediately.”
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2018
Stroking nostalgia: Franz Nicolay, former keyboardist from the Hold Steady, reviews Meet Me in the Bathroom, an oral history recounting the Strokes-led rock renaissance that took over New York City in the early 2000s.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2017
Stroking her softly, I place her in Alice’s backpack and scramble to the escarpment top.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
