Example Sentences

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“I am touching 40 and will remain single,” she said.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

Andrés: I am touching my face as I read this!

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2020

In my archive of daily selfies from the past 10 years, I am touching my face approximately 6.4 percent of the time.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2020

I feel instinctively I am touching pitch and that you will disapprove ... but if we are to fight with clean hands, que Messieurs les Assassins commencent!

From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir

"There is no—forgive me if I am touching on a sad subject—there is no … none of your near relatives have ever suffered in the way I … er … have described?"

From Mike and Psmith by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)