CARESSING Definition & Meaning

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caressing

[ kuh-res-ing ]

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gently touching, patting, or stroking a person or thing to show affection:
She stroked my face—temple, cheek, chin, and then up the other side in a caressing, sweeping gesture.
touching or seeming to touch a person or thing lightly and in a way that calms or soothes:
Over and over again, I repeated the figures until they became a caressing swash of sound inside my head and hummed me finally to sleep.

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This alleged improv moment led to Baldoni "caressing Ms. Lively with his mouth in a way that had nothing to do with their roles."

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Too many images of Trump weirdly caressing the flag were a turn-off, a revered American symbol cheapened into a prop.

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I no longer notice the flashes of lime green tape caressing door frames, encircling bathroom floors and smothering naked outlets.

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With the cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, he shows them off beautifully, caressing them in light so that they look lit from within.

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"My hands burn in this heat," she tells me, gently caressing her fingertips.

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