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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
caress .
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Examples
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Martin caressed his swelling shoulder-muscles significantly.
Chapter 16 2010
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The voice was dark and sensual and Jane's skin came alive as the word caressed her neck.
Tutoring Lady Jane Featherstone, Charlotte 2005
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Martin caressed his swelling shoulder-muscles significantly.
Chapter 16 1908
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Lucy wasn't sure what jarred her most — the rueful note of empathy in his voice or hearing her Christian name caressed by his devilish tongue.
Thief Of Hearts Medeiros, Teresa 1994
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She had discovered that his greatness was at best a kind of lap-dog or tame cat distinction; that he was better known as the caressed and petted adviser of patrician dowagers and effeminate old gentlemen, of fashionable beauties and hysterical matrons, than as one of the lights of his profession.
The Golden Calf 1875
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Balzac expended a great deal of pains, and one of whom he seems to have "caressed," as the French say, with a curious admixture of dislike and admiration.
The Thirteen Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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The alleged victim told detectives Gore attempted a "big tongue kiss," "caressed" her "back and buttocks and breasts" and "shoved" her hand ... you know. split from wife Tipper after 40 years of marriage, fed her chocolate and attempted to coerce her to the bedroom to listen to a Pink song.
The Hollywood Gossip 2010
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He caressed my cheek, then let his touch drop away.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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She blinked, then looked up at Ethan again, and caressed his muscular leg.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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His fingers caressed my cheeks; his eyes frantically searched mine.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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