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, pet′ed, adj. treated as a pet: indulged.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Petted, spoiled child that she was, she could not bear to be scolded where she had expected a rapturous welcome.
From The Black Pearl by Woodrow, Wilson, Mrs.
Petted and fostered like a hot-house flower, and then to die a pauper in a hospital!
From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
