fondle
verb (used with object)
to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress.
were 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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It was then, while the two children were fondling Bobo, who liked to have his long ears pulled by a gentle hand, that Russ and Rose Bunker came upon the scene.
From Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's by Walter S. Rogers
