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

They are gardening, these charming beings!—they are caressing the lotus-buds, sprinkling their petals with something celestial, helping them to blossom.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio

On the other side of the door is No. 1129, the perfect "Madonna del Cardellino" of Raphael, so called from the goldfinch that the little boys are caressing.

From A Wanderer in Florence by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

They are much loved, and are caressing as well as caressed.

From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)