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

In the video, a gray pit bull named Valerio stood on a woman’s lap, furiously wagging his tail as he accepted her caresses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 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

Within sight of the fierce flames Mohammed Atris caresses the fresh green shoots that cover his land.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2022

Now, as a teenager, Pearl’s caresses had become rare—a peck on the cheek, a one-armed, half-hearted hug—and all the more precious because of that.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng