caress
noun
an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
is caressing
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present progressiveof caress (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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One more time, he is caressing his baby.
From Time ● Sep. 30, 2013
He conceals, however, all chagrin, and pulls the ears of the sleepy snowball he is caressing with an air of the calmest unconcern.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
And Uncle Theodore is quite confused; just now she was weeping and now she is laughing; just now she was going to marry one man and now she is caressing another.
From Invisible Links by Selma Lagerlöf
While she is caressing the imaginary bird she is awakened and a magnet is brought near her head.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 by Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes) Buchanan
Krishna has drawn Radha to him and is caressing her cheek while friends of Radha gossip in the courtyard.
From The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry by W. G. Archer
