touching

Example Sentences

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Touching the camera’s metal body could cause frostbite, forcing her to use a stabilizing cushion to separate the camera from her body at all times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

"Touching and sincere, it bore witness to a deep personal bond even though I'd left office so long ago," he writes.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

Touching briefly on Paxton's affair, Buzbee framed the suspended attorney general as an imperfect man who had repented.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2023

Touching on another personal matter, Keough shared some details about the birth of her first child, a life event intertwined with her grandfather’s legacy, brother’s death and mother’s funeral.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2023

Touching his oil-stained right hand to a sewing machine, Park said, “With this hand, I shook Kim Jong Il’s hand.”

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden