caress

Example Sentences

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In the video, a gray pit bull named Valerio stood on a woman’s lap, furiously wagging his tail as he accepted her caresses.

From Los Angeles Times

A cool gust of air swept through her thin nightdress and caressed her face, an exquisite relief from the stale and heavy air of the house.

From Literature

We see Ella Fitzgerald at New York’s Basin Street East in the mid-1950s; her eyes closed, she gently leans into a microphone that she caresses with both hands.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From Barron's

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

From BBC