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caresses

  • plural
    of caress.
    caress
    noun
    an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
  • present tense form
    of caress (3rd person singular).
    caress
    noun
    an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.

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In Ain Ebel's cemetery, Jallad caresses her son's tombstone, surrounded by women trying to comfort her.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

We see Ella Fitzgerald at New York’s Basin Street East in the mid-1950s; her eyes closed, she gently leans into a microphone that she caresses with both hands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

She picks up a doll with red hair and caresses it gently.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2023

Some of his touches seem less functional and more like affectionate caresses for beloved pets, and a fond smile plays around his lips.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2023

With one bound he was at her side, rubbing his wet face against her thigh, feeling the familiar caresses on his ears, on his shoulders, along his back.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks