caress

She softly squeezed his hip muscles, then caressed his midsection, shoulders and neck.

Banducci encouraged us to caress our bodies, perhaps our neck or hip, shedding as much clothing as we were comfortable with.

He grew up playing street football in the suburbs of Stockholm and there is still an element of that to his playing style now, with the way he caresses the ball and his dribbling ability.

"Look what they have done to my son," Raj's grieving father sobbed as he caressed the forehead of his dead child.

All we have is a caress, a stare or a lingering touch.