not touch
Example Sentences
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Musk did not touch him, but took a painting of a Tesla, a gift from one of the co-founders, down from the wall and left the room, he said.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
"All he did was give a business card. He did not touch you. You could have thrown it away."
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
While the four astronauts will not touch down on the lunar surface, they are expected to break the record for the farthest distance from Earth during their pass around the Moon.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
But while all three dreamlike films expertly mimic the imperfect act of remembering, Schilinski’s makes the past seem irretrievable — a ghost whose presence we can feel but not touch.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
Like a man suffering much because he can smell food but not touch it, he would watch his family take their miserable portion of thin soup, refusing himself to take his share.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
