have fondled
- present perfect of fondle.
Example Sentences
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Scorpion whom I have nurtured, traitor whom I have fondled, is this your bloody secret?
From Vera or, The Nihilists by Wilde, Oscar
Gladly would she then have fondled him, but feared the venture; for, it seemed, were she to stoop, she must fall flat on the road, and never rise more.
From Mary Marston by MacDonald, George
"It pleases you to wear this mask of dullness, I know," with an indulgent smile, with which Titania might have fondled the ass's head.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 by Various
His full heart overflows in that sad cry of lamentation over the long-continued foiling of the efforts of a love that would fain have fondled and defended.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander
When I have fondled my old hound until he has been encouraged to paw my knees, and I have then thrust him down again, it has made me think of the Emperor and his ways.
From The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
