fondling
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The hypocrisy is rank enough; in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, the comic-turned-moralizer yells, presumably at the Black parents he disapproves of, “Believe a child when she says somebody’s fondling her!”
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2022
Jewelry is a recurring totem across her work, with characters fondling rings, bracelets, necklaces.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2018
Two posts later, she’s fondling ill falcons and owls at a Saudi veterinary hospital.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2018
Ivory doesn't have much success in filling in the elisions, but Guadagnino's direction compounds the superficiality with camerawork that can't resist fondling every surface it encounters.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2018
As the stone door closed behind him, Taran saw King Eiddileg fondling his head and beaming happily.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
