caresses

Example Sentences

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In Ain Ebel's cemetery, Jallad caresses her son's tombstone, surrounded by women trying to comfort her.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

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 • Nov. 21, 2025

She picks up a doll with red hair and caresses it gently.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2023

Some of his touches seem less functional and more like affectionate caresses for beloved pets, and a fond smile plays around his lips.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2023

There was more tenderness and love in the gestures of that little boy than in all the caresses he had showered on any woman in his life.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende