heavy petting

Example Sentences

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In "Penny Lane," Paul gives us a barber's shop that shows photographs, a banker driving a car, little children who laugh at the banker, a fireman, a portrait of the Queen, heavy petting, a clean fire engine, a pretty nurse, the selling of poppies, a bus shelter, a barber shaving a customer, a fireman rushing about, the rain pouring and all this beneath the blue suburban sky.

From Salon

Fulton said there was heavy petting and admitted a charge of sexual activity with a child.

From BBC

"I love this picture because--not only does it look like Chuy just launched out of my peekachu, I look like a member of ZZ Top. Happy birthday Chuy, and thank you for 8 years of heavy petting."

From Fox News

One singer told the news agency that Mr. Domingo had repeatedly propositioned her at the Los Angeles Opera in 1998, the year the company announced that he would become its artistic director, eventually taking her to his apartment for what she described as “heavy petting” and “groping.”

From New York Times

So the CDC is once again telling flock owners to hold back on the heavy petting.

From Washington Post