had been caressing
- past perfect progressive of caress.
Example Sentences
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"You did not mean to be unkind, dear little mistress," she said, as she kissed the hand which had been caressing her own golden hair.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism by Patten, William
As I stepped forward I saw on the ground at my feet the glove that mademoiselle had given me, and which I had been caressing while sitting alone in the courtyard.
From An Enemy to the King by Stephens, Robert Neilson
"And now, Sir Alexander, what say you?" asked the Sieur de Retz, turning to the King's guardian, who had been caressing the curls of his beard with his white and signeted hand.
From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank
Against such a refrigerator my heart and fancy recovered their proper level: I had been caressing an iceberg in a white cravat.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 by Various
His big hand closed over the one he had been caressing.
From The Opened Shutters by Burnham, Clara Louise
