petted

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"She was drinking a bowl of water and sitting in shade underneath a porch. We played with her. Petted her. It was wonderful," Lisa Christon, a volunteer for the legal organisation, said.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2018

“She was drinking a bowl of water and sitting in shade underneath a porch. We played with her. Petted her. It was wonderful,” said Lisa Christon, the Oregon Innocence Project volunteer.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2018

Petted, well-housed, demure, and sleek; Three times a day he is called to feast, And why should he not be quiet and meek?

From The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

Mike, if he had cared to take the part, could have been the Petted Hero. 

From Mike by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Petted most injudiciously by Mr. and Mrs. Grayson, the best elements of her character, instead of being fostered and developed, were smothered beneath vanity and arrogance; and soon selfishness became the dominant characteristic.

From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)