touched

Example Sentences

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A few years back, in remarks that touched on the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis declared, “There is no such thing as a just war.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“It obviously touched a nerve,” he told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Axel Disasi's boot was very high and touched the shoulder of Leeds defender Pascal Struijk when he netted West Ham's 96th-minute leveller.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

In parts of Arizona and California, temperatures hit 112ºF — a first in March, breaking a record that hadn’t been touched since March 1954, when the mercury reached 108ºF in Rio Grande City, Texas.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

As soon as he touched her, a crack of lightning cleared his vision and Clare was swept into another world.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman