Caress

Examples

• After a minute's silence, he looked down at Amy, who sat on the cricket at his feet, and said, with a caress of the shining hair. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It was the lightest touch, but it thrilled him like a caress. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• A great deal,' whispered Arabella, as she received the old gentleman's hearty caress and congratulation. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• To cherish, to caress, to amuse him was the common task of all. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She always observed this quickly, I thought, and always roused him with a question or caress. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The answer was a closer caress; and Caroline turned, and looked, not into Mrs. Pryor's matron face, but up at a dark manly visage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He always whistles to the dog and gives him a caress. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Dorothea spoke in a full cordial tone, half caressing, half explanatory. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She kissed the boy, and said, caressing him, 'It is for thine own dear sake. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• But, on stroking her cheek in a caressing way soon after, he was almost shocked to find her face wet with tears. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She held my hand between hers, and at each favourable word gave it a little caressing stroke. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A short man was his Lordship, broad-chested and bow-legged, but proud of the fineness of his foot and ankle, and always caressing his garter-knee. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I think I won't use it all up tonight, said Charley devotedly, when six or eight minutes had been passed by him caressing her hand. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Margaret knelt by him, caressing him with tearful caresses. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It seemed natural: it seemed genial to be so well loved, so caressed by him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She played before me the amiable; offered me patte de velours; caressed, flattered, fawned on me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A minute after one little hand stole out from beneath her face, to which it had been pressed, and softly caressed the heedless foot. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• These words caressed my ear:-- Lucy, take my love. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I caressed, in order to soothe him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It did not seem at all comical to Meg, who kissed and caressed the afflicted heroine in the tenderest manner. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I caressed him, and he wagged his great tail; but he looked an eerie creature to be alone with, and I could not tell whence he had come. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He put his arm round Letty's neck silently, and led her into the kitchen without his usual jokes and caresses. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of the old gentleman, unshorn and perfumed with tobacco, might well do. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She would have thrown her arms about my neck and smothered me with caresses, had I not gently but firmly disengaged myself. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He had known the love that is fed on caresses and feeds them; but this passion that was closer than his bones was not to be superficially satisfied. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Margaret knelt by him, caressing him with tearful caresses. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Robert's features and form were with her; the sound of his voice was quite distinct in her ear; his few caresses seemed renewed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I know you well enough, George said; but I don't like kissing, please; and he retreated from the obedient caresses of his cousin. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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