caress
noun
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
are caressing
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present progressiveof caress.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Particular currents of air, with particular levels of humidity, are caressing your skin.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2019
Worshippers are caressing its gilded bars, Muslims and Christians venerating it together.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2017
Perhaps our familiar habit of calling our children "scamp" and "rascal," when we are caressing them, may be founded on a worn-out superstition of the same kind.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 by Various
Their parents are more demonstrative in their affection than the Japanese are, caressing them a good deal, and two of the men are devoted to children who are not their own.
From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
Gone from her earth-home, where all were but blessing her In the cold, heart-chilling language of earth; Now, in her heaven-home, all are caressing her, Not as the Clay, but the soul of New Birth!
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
