caressing

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Jareth is an illusionist as beguiling and seductive as he is sinister, caressing bubbles and gravity-defiant glass spheres with liquid grace.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Her prose is exact and exquisite, as when describing Clare: “The soft white face, the bright hair, the disturbing scarlet mouth, the dreaming eyes, the caressing smile, the whole torturing loveliness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

I no longer notice the flashes of lime green tape caressing door frames, encircling bathroom floors and smothering naked outlets.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

With the cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, he shows them off beautifully, caressing them in light so that they look lit from within.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024

“We launched it this afternoon, this very afternoon,” he said, caressing his nail.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie