Example Sentences

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When my dog, Sonny, sprawls on the floor, I will massage the soft flesh of her belly and tell her how I’d like to eat her stomach with a spoon because it’s like pudding.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2019

Every night, once her two children have gone to bed, Radcliffe's husband, Gary, will massage his wife's arthritic foot for an hour or so.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2015

“Ah, but if I am right,” said Poet, “you will massage my feet by the fire.”

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

What I love best: the lotus-pod shower, where heavy drops will massage my scalp as if I were standing in a monsoon.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

If she is an accomplished maid she will probably do a great deal of sewing, and perhaps she will massage her mistress' hair and manicure her nails.

From Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 by Watson, Lillian Eichler