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

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

But the constantly shifting tone of “Pacific Overtures” demands sharp slashes of satire as much as soft caresses, and those feel flatter than would be optimal.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

As if picking up on Ma’s pain, Geak kisses her cheek softly and caresses her hair.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung