Example Sentences
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Caressed by golden hues in the sunny flashbacks, appearing wan and frail in some of Emily’s darker moments, Mara proves worthy of Soderbergh’s closeup attention.
From Time • Feb. 8, 2013
Cadenus is a subject fit, Grown old in politics and wit; Caressed by Ministers of State, Of half mankind the dread and hate.
From The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces by Swift, Jonathan
He looked affectionately, when her child440 Caressed his bird, and then he stood and smiled.
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George
There, Obstruction foiled, the adoring air Caressed a blossom woven of sky And dew, whose misty petals blue, With bliss of being thrilled athrough, Dilated like a timorous eye.
From In Divers Tones by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
I shall see you standing there, Caressed by the fragrant air, With the shadow on your face, And the sunshine on your hair.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
