Caressed

Examples

• 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.
• Knowing that Lily disliked to be caressed, she had long ago learned to check her demonstrative impulses toward her friend. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He only caressed her; he did not say anything; for what was there to say? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Six years before she had been a pretty, good-humoured girl, whom every one loved and caressed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Instead of driving the nasty animal away in anger as I fully expected, he caressed and patted him, as though quite enchanted. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• What did we think she, Tattycoram, might have been if she had been caressed and cared for in her childhood, like her young mistress? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• That minister had always been my secret enemy, though he outwardly caressed me more than was usual to the moroseness of his nature. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I first caressed the soft velvet on his cuffand then. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He felt his nerves caressed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Don't laugh, but your nose is such a comfort to me, and Amy softly caressed the well-cut feature with artistic satisfaction. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He knew it was not in their mother's nature to bear to see any living thing caressed but herself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• That boy gets more than his share of privileges; he dares caress and is caressed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He reminded her that she had once gathered his head in her arms, caressed his leonine graces, and cried out, Graham, I _do_ like you! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I caressed Sylvie assiduously. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Strange how her reverential, almost ecstatic admiration of the flowers caressed his nerves. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• How she caressed the dog, and how the dog knew her! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She saw the transient misery; and then, indeed, she caressed me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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