was fondling
- past progressive of fondle.
Example Sentences
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Last week he was fondling two newborn brain children: the Tubadipdrip, a combination coffeemaker-teamaker and cocktail mixer, and the Tempot, a combination fireless cooker-ice cream freezer-frozen food locker-foot bath-thermos chest-dishwasher-air conditioner and bachelor's chef.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Miss Lavinia was scolding one sister for a clumsy servant, she was fondling the flying, soft yellow hair of the other.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
So when his master came in I was fondling his head, and he looked puzzled.
From Wulfric the Weapon Thane by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
He had just been dreaming that Phrony had found him and hail sat down beside him and was fondling him, and when he first came back to consciousness her name was on his lips.
From Gordon Keith by Page, Thomas Nelson
Ah, 'twas Daddy Skinner, the same beloved, heavy humped-shoulders—the same precious face, and he was fondling the moon baby, and twice kissed her with tender, twitching lips.
From The Secret of the Storm Country by Hitchcock, Lucius W.
