Example Sentences

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“Cats will knead on preferred people in the house or their favorite person, so kneading can also be that affiliative, social behavior that can help build a bond.”

From Scientific American • Sep. 7, 2023

A chef will knead, twist and basically perform rope tricks with dough before stretching it into a cat’s cradle of bouncy strands.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2016

The suit will knead the cream into the body and the fiber will produce an "isometric push-pull action" that makes the whole operation a kind of wear-a-massage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Melt a pound of butter, and mix with the above, adding as much flour as will knead it into a pretty stiff paste.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

When she does not see him any more, she will knead her pillow with tears, and make her bread of it, to bite and eat.

From Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 by Castaigne, J. André