stroked

Example Sentences

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She said while he was "not a good sleeper" he quickly went back to sleep by having his head stroked.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Noah Okafor then stroked home an equaliser after a goalmouth scramble to further edge Leeds clear of the relegation zone.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Pundits who failed to predict the operation in the first place gravely stroked their chins before intoning that the Venezuelan adventure must inevitably fail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

It’s like this with all of my friends at this age too, dementia here and there, stroked out over there, and even for my younger siblings, who are 49 because my parents had them late.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

One of them shook his head and gently stroked her hair.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr