caress
noun
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
have caressed
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present perfectof caress.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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As long as art has been on public display, visitors have caressed, attacked, broken, or made unauthorized additions to it.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2022
He could not have caressed three more sensitive German desires.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your fingers have caressed My hair so lightly that I scarce have known Their pressure.
From Cross Roads by Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth) Sangster
There was another face than yours, which kissed me fondly, and other hands, dead now, as are the dear old hands which shielded me from the cold that awful night, have caressed me lovingly.'
From Tracy Park by Mary Jane Holmes
Is it true that pictures of those we love are endowed with a clairvoyant power of gazing at those who have caressed them in life?
From Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." by Charles Bradlaugh
