- present participle of fondle.
fondling
Example Sentences
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The Freuds are well dressed, full of beans, like two celebrities visiting an orphanage, fondling this odd creature as though they are considering devouring her.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2019
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
This has been going on forever – certainly since Ovid wrote of Pygmalion kissing and fondling his statue until the gods took pity.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2017
Instead of accessing the quarter-life crisis through the exploits of a solitary protagonist bumbling and fondling his way up against the limitations society had set for him, this film focused on relationships.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2014
Late that afternoon he came back from Lone Pine in a midnight blue Nash sedan, fondling the short, stubby gearshift that projected from its dashboard.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
