caress

The victim said the unwanted "caresses" and "kisses" were made when he was between the ages of 14 and 21 during camps and at the seminary, the report said.

The messages then became explicit, with one telling the 13-year-old: "I want to gently caress and touch every inch of your body. Would you like that?"

Two girls, their faces streaked with tears, gently caressed the face of a dead man, wrapped in a sheet with a floral motif, and then hugged each other tightly.

One woman paused before the display and raised her hand to caress an image.

D’Angelo asks that question — worries it, caresses it, plumbs its unseen depths — no fewer than two dozen times in what might have been his signature hit.