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
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
The song titles – Choirs of Winter, Haze Interior, Cascades – are almost shoegaze parodying, but it's not all formless FX pedal fondling.
From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2010
Jake loitered on a corner, fondling the change in his pocket.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
