caress

One woman paused before the display and raised her hand to caress an image.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

Instead of the full-throated, Pavarotti-style belt that’s common in this repertoire, Mr. Pati makes a familiar song like “O sole mio” as gentle as a caress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025

“Sometimes she’ll say, ‘Mariella,’ and she’ll caress my hand,” the pre-K teacher says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2023

Survivors of Sunday’s wreck and relatives of the people who died crumpled over in grief as they sat down to caress their loved one’s coffin.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

There is the villainous l-am-devastating-but-also-fond-of-my-beard-texture caress, and then there is the pondering does-this-beard-make-me-look-devastating rub.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

In Ain Ebel's cemetery, Jallad caresses her son's tombstone, surrounded by women trying to comfort her.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

We see Ella Fitzgerald at New York’s Basin Street East in the mid-1950s; her eyes closed, she gently leans into a microphone that she caresses with both hands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

She picks up a doll with red hair and caresses it gently.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2023

Some of his touches seem less functional and more like affectionate caresses for beloved pets, and a fond smile plays around his lips.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2023

With one bound he was at her side, rubbing his wet face against her thigh, feeling the familiar caresses on his ears, on his shoulders, along his back.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

Two girls, their faces streaked with tears, gently caressed the face of a dead man, wrapped in a sheet with a floral motif, and then hugged each other tightly.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025

During a performance at an Atlanta event in September, the “Ride With Me” rapper and his now-wife playfully caressed her stomach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024

They battled through the contest and had only one shot on target, which came in the sixth minute when former Toffee Alex Iwobi's caressed shot was batted out by Pickford.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2023

During those early days, according to Dass’s medical record, she caressed her daughter, was caring and attentive and seemed to be adjusting well to her new role.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

Her tears were further proof of the truth she felt and spoke, and when her mother’s hand caressed her nape, she broke down completely and was led toward the drawing room.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

I even ponied up for a pay-per-view a few years back to see Mayweather spend eight rounds gently caressing Jake’s overmatched older brother, Logan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Jareth is an illusionist as beguiling and seductive as he is sinister, caressing bubbles and gravity-defiant glass spheres with liquid grace.

From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026

With the cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, he shows them off beautifully, caressing them in light so that they look lit from within.

From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

The video shows Fito caressing a fighting cockerel and freely chatting to fellow inmates.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2024

“Ooh, I’ll take the blue one,” Carolyn added, caressing the dress with her finger.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper