touching
adjective
affecting; moving; pathetic.
touchingly
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a word derived from
touching.
Example Sentences
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Chen solicits assistance from a hacker who owes him a favor, and from his own personal assistant, Jin, whose interest in her unmarried boss’s well-being is touchingly personal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Cox had also given touchingly humane voice to the idea that LGBTQ+ people deserve respect and in 2022 vetoed a bill that would have prohibited transgender youth from participating in school sports.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2025
Speaking on stage, Kravitz touchingly dedicated his Moonman trophy to his late mother, who died in 1995.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
Here is stupidity being, not mocked or even exploited, but positively and wholesomely and simply and touchingly celebrated.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
He accepted the laughter and derision of his students with an embarrassed charm and a touchingly astonished grace.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
