fondle
verb (used with object)
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress.
was fondling
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past progressiveof fondle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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
Over the head of the bear-cub she was fondling, Helga watched it also, with unseeing eyes.
From The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days by Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina) Liljencrantz
Dolph still sat there, his head bent low over the tool he was fondling, as he listened for any change in the cries from outside.
From Woodcraft or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good by Alan Douglas
The mother had taken the little Prince in her lap and was fondling and kissing him lovingly, for he was her youngest born.
From Ozma of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
