caresses
Example Sentences
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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
D’Angelo asks that question — worries it, caresses it, plumbs its unseen depths — no fewer than two dozen times in what might have been his signature hit.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
She picks up a doll with red hair and caresses it gently.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2023
He gathers my hair into his hands and caresses the back of my neck before letting the lei fall into place.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
