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fondles

  • present tense form of fondle (3rd person singular).

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In perhaps a glancing nod to Chekhov, Sidney fondles a metal-headed club called a mace in his collection and lightly asks what the use is of owning a mace “if you never use it?”

From New York Times Aug. 15, 2014

To distinguish his jaunty Banquo from Macbeth, Mr. Cumming fondles a red apple.

From New York Times Jul. 8, 2012

Maybe it's because of the remorseful way he fondles the dog's lifeless paws, or the pathetic manner in which Joseph hides out in a Christian charity shop.

From Seattle Times Dec. 8, 2011

The barker in Texaco Star Theater continually fondles Texaco products, performs before a curtain picturing a Texaco gas station, and is supported by a close-harmony quartet wearing Texaco uniforms.

From Time Magazine Archive

A half dozen eager hands reach for the discarded stick, and the one who gets it fondles it lovingly.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.