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

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

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2023

My mother’s tender caresses and my father’s smile of benevolent pleasure while regarding me are my first recollections.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley