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caressing

[kuh-res-ing] / kəˈrɛs ɪŋ /




NOUN
tickling
Synonyms


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The couple posed for photos at the event, drawing attention to their gestating bundle of joy by framing and caressing Palvin’s belly.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 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

Her prose is exact and exquisite, as when describing Clare: “The soft white face, the bright hair, the disturbing scarlet mouth, the dreaming eyes, the caressing smile, the whole torturing loveliness.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 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

Her bony back straight, her fingers swept the keys delicately, then hard, alternately caressing and torturing music from them.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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