rubbing

Example Sentences

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But the paintbrush rubbing against the calluses on your palms calls you back to the bar.

From Literature

I hear her sigh through the phone, and I know what she looks like, sitting with her elbows on the kitchen table, her thumb and index finger shaped like a V, rubbing her forehead.

From Literature

Then he scraped off the hairs -inexpertly, making several holes -and softened the hide by rubbing it with mashed deer brain.

From Literature

“Well, my ears are about to fall off,” Helen says, rubbing her earlobe.

From Literature

Kylie Jenner kept rubbing and patting Chalamet’s hand while he nervously jiggled his right leg.

From Los Angeles Times