How To Use Caress In A Sentence

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
I stroked my violin tenderly; caressing the wood like a mother would an infant.
And the images you conjure with "straddling glowing globes and caressing the giant W" makes us sound so freakin 'horny ... oh wait ... nevermind. Blogger Bender - Part II
‘Don't ever do that again,’ he said quietly, his words gentle caresses against her ear as he bent down to reach her face.
She would have liked to be of service to the weeds vegetating beside the paths, to slay herself there so that from her flesh some huge greenery might spring, lofty and sapful, laden with birds at May-time, and passionately caressed by the sun. La faute de l'Abbe Mouret

And she laid her hand caressively on Kate’s arm, then rose to hurry away to the servants. The Plumed Serpent
I spun out of their satiny caress and ran straight into a hard body. Darkness Becomes Her
She is bound to the rules and the choir, but not to the private recitation of the Divine Office; she can take part in chapters, except in those in which others are admitted to vows; she cannot be elected superior, mother-vicaress, mistress of novices, assistant, counsellor, or treasurer. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
'Vieni -- vieni qua,' Hermione was saying, in her strange caressive, protective voice, as if she were always the elder, the mother superior. Women in Love
He is a kind of bewhiskered Sir Galahad who goes in quest of Trilby instead of the Holy Grail, and having found her, sits down on her bed and cheers her up while she kisses and caresses him. The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 1.
He finally finished and moved against her, caressing her body with the one remaining piece of garlic bread he hadn't scarfed down. Mark C. Miller: The Story of the World's Strangest Romance
Afterward they caressed, laughed, japed, spread two straw ticks on the floor that they might have real room to move about, played, loved, his head rested between her breasts, she urged him anew and yet anew, he swore he had never known the match to her and the believing of him was a tall fire. The Boat of a Million Years
In addition to caressing her slim body like another layer of skin, the teddy is made of a warm rose-colored silk that brings out some much-needed extra color in her cheeks.
Again the mitten was a caressing obstacle to utterance. Smoke Bellew
She closed her eyes and lifted her face up to the skies, feeling the gentle breeze caress her face as she slowly let go of everything on her mind.
The camera pans past a harpist to show the scene through the strings of the harp - and the harpist's strumming hand gives the appearance of caressing Cleopatra's body.
he showered her with caresses
In addition to caressing her slim body like another layer of skin, the teddy is made of a warm rose-colored silk that brings out some much-needed extra color in her cheeks.
Recognising the tenderness inherent in the small caresses, Luke looked momentarily distracted.
They exchanged excuses and caresses with oriental demonstrativeness and verbosity. Salammbo
In his dream he had felt her gentle caresses and soft, sweet kisses.
You feel the breeze coming from the window, gently caressing your face.
After sundry caresses between the two parties, during which they exhibit an animation quite foreign to them at other times, one of the snails unfolds from the right side of its neck, where the generative orifice is situated, a wide sacculus, which, by becoming everted, displays a sharp dagger-like spiculum, or dart, attached to its walls. Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life.
I brushed her long dark hair from her face and caressed her cheek in an effort to calm her.
He played with the melancholy which the phrase diffused, he felt it stealing over him, but like a caress which only deepened and sweetened his sense of his own happiness. Swann's Way
Her hand caressed his neck, then her fingers stroked up through his hair in a way that caused a tingle to travel all the way down his spine, his skin breaking out in gooseflesh as he shuddered in reaction.
Fred Wye bestowed a somewhat indecorous caress on his wife, caught Miss Rondel's eye, and reddened. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
Caressing, hugging, stroking, and cuddling all send a chain reaction of chemicals to signal your brain that this is pleasurable.
Augsburg, Rome, Burghausen, Hammersmith, and York were governed by local superiors appointed by the chief superior, who resided for the most part at Rome, and had a vicaress in Munich. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
He smiled at me and pulled me to him, stroking my hair and caressing my face.
She responded to the long, artful caress with a low, murmurous moan. ALL ABOUT LOVE
She pulled his shirt up, and slid her hands beneath it, to caress the warm, granitelike flesh of his back and his ribs, the downy wall of his chest. Pirates
She loved to take her breaks here, where the freshening breeze from the forest could caress her fur, and she could watch and listen to the multitude of birds that made their homes there.
The most typical image of him is a mondaine hedonist, coolly sucking on a Gitane while caressing a ravishing doll. GreenCine Daily: Shorts, 11/30.
He ran his hand over her hair, in a gentle caress, while he held her.
College, ‘was caressed and loved by all about him, was a gay and frolicksome fellow, and passed there the happiest part of his life.’ The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D.
There was no inhuman obscene caress, no acid caking on her flesh.
Once she grouped these adults by the level of affection shown by the mother at that eight-month assessment, she found that the children whose mothers were ranked as "caressing" and "extravagant" had significantly lower levels of distress as adults. David Petrie: Why Fathers Should Show More Affection Toward Their Kids
Then follows the tying of the skirt of the dress, which is suspended on hooks round the bottom of the corset, the buttoning of the corsage, the preliminary tapping and caressing necessary to make the folds of the skirt sit well, and then madame la baronne makes her appearance triumphantly before her friends assembled in the adjoining saloon. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885
Taste:The acidity and the residual sugar integrate well to caress the palate gently. leaving an after-taste of the Prosecco.
With chilly winds caressing the cheeks and pullovers being pulled out of the closet to protect oneself from the nippy winds, December has a magic and charm all its own.
Mr. Hunsden gave him a mastiff cub, which he called Yorke, after the donor; it grew to a superb dog, whose fierceness, however, was much modified by the companionship and caresses of its young master. The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
Observe that man," said Duplessis, pointing towards a gentleman who had just entered; "the other day he was the popular hero -- now, in the excitement of threatened war, he is permitted to order his _bifteck_ uncongratulated, uncaressed; such is fame at Paris! here to-day and gone to-morrow. The Parisians — Volume 10
The cool and refreshing water caressed his lips, he drank but as he swallowed, his throat sent searing pain to his brain.
She handed treats over the fence to five horses and caressed their muzzles, then turned to wave to journalists before heading inside again.
Still, my thought is of the way Nicklaus seems to caress the golf ball with his irons - the balls stays longer on his clubface.
As he passed her, he caressed her cheek with the palm of his hand and gently gave her a chaste kiss on the cheek.
A faint breeze caressed the back of her neck.
Gently he caressed her cheek.
There would be sweet talk, caresses and a long, soft yielding. YELLOW BIRD
He caressed her face
He soundlessly walked over to her bed and kneeled down, gently caressing her cheek.
Her phrases, so natural, so sincere, in her own tongue, and so caressive, stirred the best in him. The Fortunate Youth
Deeply distressed, the manager sprang to his feet and asked what was the matter, then getting no answer climbed up on the seat and caressed him, cheek to cheek, so that his own face was bedabbled by the trapeze artist's tears.
She was dressed in pale pink silk, her gown gently caressing the floor and her head adorned with a dainty, bejewelled crown.
Then we'll cap off the cozy celebration with some caressing, cuddling and coition on cotton.
Fred Willard lying face down on the floor with his chin caressing the carpet is an image I won’t soon forget. Terrific cast and sharp screenplay set “Youth in Revolt” apart » Scene-Stealers
There is nothing, indeed, that makes the judicious grieve more than maladroit flattery, which is as embarrassing to the victim as the clumsy caresses of the horse in the fable who tried to emulate the dog's gambols about his master.
soft music was a fond caress
Cold, foamy water hushed over the rocks, and the gills of the fishes that swam in it caressed the rocks.
Twenty-six-year-old Cyrille Aimée, with a voice like fine whiskey -- oaky and smooth, with a hint of smokiness -- offered a languid "Ce soir," caressing the French words, and an aggressive "Summertime," both trailing long strands of vocal roulades. Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocalist Competition 2010 at Kennedy Center
Thus full of contradictions, unbending yet haughty, gentle yet fierce, tender and again neglectful, he by some strange art found easy entrance to the admiration and affection of women; now caressing and now tyrannizing over them according to his mood, but in every change a despot. I.4
Maida came to her feet, giving Aislinn a gentle caress across her cheek, and bidding them both adieu slipped out of the room. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
‘You are not rich, Niña?’ came the singing, caressive bird-like voice: ‘Then, you are poor?’ — this was indescribable irony. The Plumed Serpent
Murray Bradshaw was surprised and confounded at the easy way in which she received his compliments, and played with his advances, after the fashion of the trained ball-room belles, who know how to be almost caressing in manner, and yet are really as far off from the deluded victim of their suavities as the topmost statue of the Milan cathedral from the peasant that kneels on its floor. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867
Mr. STEANE: Yes, I love those portamenti, that little caress, you know. Enrico Caruso, And Confessions Of An Operaholic
My toes were gently caressed by the backwash of warm foamy waves, and I followed the strange vibrations of the sound, my ears stuck in a trance.
He put out a hand and caressed her hair, her head, with tenderness and, she thought, curious detachment.
She would tenderly caress both classic love songs and defiant heartbreakers with equal vocal skill.
She took his caressing fingers and wrapped them around the top of the lively pillowcase. WHERE THE HEART IS
The wind is a lover, gently caressing, and a gleaner—sweeping clean the debris and breaking those who will not bend. When Animals Speak
He never called her Alexandrine -- it was always Mrs. Trevlyn; and through the long winter evenings, when they were not at some ball or party, and sat by their splendid fireside, he never put his head in her lap, and let her soft fingers caress his hair, as she had seen other husbands do. The Fatal Glove
She took his caressing fingers and wrapped them around the top of the lively pillowcase. WHERE THE HEART IS
He was gently caressing her golden hair.
He gently took her hand in his and began softly caressing her it with his own.
Keesha lightly caressed her daughter's dewy soft cheek before moving to fix plates for herself and AJ.
She works the vocabulary of dance to move her plots and caresses characters with lush, sensuous descriptions.
She slid her left hand behind his neck and gently caressed his cheek with her right hand.
Now and then the man in the intervals of his singing patted the dog, and spoke to him caressingly; and the dog looked at him with a gratitude which reached immensity through its unspeakableness. The Lost Dog.
Warm air, slightly moist, caressed her jaw line, swept back the tension from its clenched fist.
Have on parental caress by every means, next issueless pester genu disturbing, everyday carefree, live easily comfortable.
She thought about that hand touching and stroking and caressing her, and another strong wave of awareness washed over her.
The balmy wind caressed their cheeks as they could taste the salty tang of the sea on their lips.
For the first time in months I was cold, the gentle caress of the breeze put a smile on my face for the first time in days.
She draped her arms over Zach's and continued to kiss him, loving the soft caress of his lips on hers.
He flirts with a phrase, whispers meaning, teases feeling out of mere notes and steps, caresses the floor.
I watch as he slides one hand vertically along the desk - slowly, caressingly.
Bide doun, with a mischief to ye — bide doun, with a wanion,” cried the king, almost overturned by the obstreperous caresses of the large stag-hounds. The Fortunes of Nigel
His hands gently caressed her body.
She blinked, then looked up at Ethan again, and caressed his muscular leg. My Fair Succubi
Being a Mohammedan, he had numerous wives, who with a number of children peeped from the doors of their apartments; but only one of his wives, quite a girl, the mother of an infant which he nursed with evident pride and many caresses during the whole time we stayed, was brought forward and introduced to us. Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago
He volleyed as if he was using his racket to whittle wood, slicing this way and that and caressing the ball into submission.
Even in the brief intervals when she wasn't talking, her hands were caressing the phone until she thought of someone else whom she could apprise of the hot news about her favourite alcopop. Simon Hoggart's week: A tweet in store – Mrs Farnsbarns and the milkman
I would get up early in the morning and sit on the steps, gazing at the sea, the wind roughly caressing my face.
She whispered his name achingly against his skin; need overcoming reason as her de fences came crashing down, her body pliant and eager against his, her mouth trembling as she caressed his skin. A Cure For Love
The wind caressed my face and my hair flew like a cape behind me.
Caresses of the surgeon that are like the oil they put on bistouries. Madame Bovary
Margaret took me to one side, holding my arm in a gentle caress.
When I brought him in from a walk outside, he was so happy to be home, and he would approach Chickie and the two cats and caress their faces with his. Mike Schwager: Let's Save Our Best Friends
His fingers gently caressed her cheek.
She was pleased by the soft wind that caressed her bare neck and toyed with her hair.
When he's finished caressing my windows with as little elbow-grease as is humanly possible, the little tinker always insists that he hasn't got any change.
One has to go back to the young Pavarotti to hear a tenor voice that caresses the ear like this.
Each sailor or soldier is permitted to attach himself to one of the females: the permission and the caresses of the artful wanton have often lured the temporary parties to marry at Plymouth, more frequently to consummate the nuptials at Sydney: such a marriage manumits the convict. The History of Tasmania , Volume II
I leaned against the windowsill where the late afternoon sun could caress my back. SUMMER OF SECRETS
She finds herself resting her eyes pleasurably on Luke, particularly caressable today in his dark suit and gleaming green tie, which matches his eyes so well…. Hound in the Left-hand Corner, The
There would be sweet talk, caresses and a long, soft yielding. YELLOW BIRD
Mother caressed his cheek lovingly before her son left for the front.
His hand caressed the hilt of his dagger, and a dangerous glitter, like chips of cruel ice, flickered in his usually mild eyes.
All the time he kept the two-handed sword honed to a razor's edge, caressing the fine piece of steel with all the care in his veteran swordsman's hands. Emperor of Ansalon
He leaned in towards her, caressing her exposed creamy skin with uncharacteristic gentleness.
I like unexaggerated intercourse; it is not my way to overpower with amorous epithets, any more than to worry with selfishly importunate caresses. The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
An underclothing fetichist began at the age of seven to be greatly interested in his sister's and in the maidservant's underclothing, touching such articles of clothing as often as he could, and pressing up against them in a caressing way. The Sexual Life of the Child
The caressing fondness with which he uttered the last word imparted to his seemingly supreme beauty an added warmth of appeal. The Patient Observer And His Friends
Doyle could feel a flow of power moving through Angel's hands to Cordelia's foot, and he could feel the warm, prickly sensation as the power caressed the small wound there.
Nor was this all-pervading caress a something that cloyed with too great sweetness; nor was it sickly sentimental; nor was it maudlin with love's madness. Jack London's Short Story - Planchette
Caresses marks my first acquaintance with the work of the Catalan playwright Sergi Belbel - and I am certainly richer for the introduction.
Katja's was thick and blonde, its waves caressing her naked back as she walked in front of me to our room, close enough to reach out and touch, and while no one could notice I drank in as much of her as I could like a boy naughtily carousing his father's alcoholic beverage while his back is turned. Potsdamer Strasse #3
One wing tip caressed Yuki's hair, then folded her into a tight embrace.
She turned back to face him, as she felt his hand on her shoulder, his touch as light as the gentle caress of a flower.
The hyarmi, five in all, caressed the necks of their restive mounts, calming them.
They will be angry with me," said the vicaress awkwardly. The Shuttle
Just hundreds of colorful beer labels beckoning me to pick them up and caress them. Archive 2007-09-01
Yet the caress of his meaning was delicate as the first green fronds of spring.
David was standing over her, letting the petals of a cream-white rosebud caress Hildegarde's cheek.
Gently, calmingly, Meleager changed his grip to a protective caress. Funeral Games
A lithe, active Swartzman "arranges" a passive Kinoshita into various postures on the floor in a duet comprised of interlacing lifts, turns and caresses, with something both tender and coldly puppetlike about them. The Seattle Times
They wasted no time, however, in coming to the point, and in a measure it was the vicaress who aided them. The Shuttle
The sympathy in that murmuring voice, the caress in her hair, that delicate scent propelled them. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
He stops caressing her arm and takes hold of her hand, entwining their fingers together.
Birds were chirping happily as the bright rays of the sun touched and caressed her skin.
She caressed his cheek lovingly.
'Ah, Gerald,' she laughed, caressively, teasingly, 'Ah, what a fine game you played with the Professor's daughter -- didn't you now?' Women in Love
Cameras caress them from every angle.
He began caressing her with a surprising gentleness.
But this girl was actually very quiet, lying like a caressable, silken little urt in the chest. Magicians of Gor
Her figure was full, her hips were round and strong, and her hair was long, a black cascade which caressed the backs of her thighs.
The caress of the mist failed to horrify me, but it was as mucid as that of any specter in a midnight tale. The Urth of the New Sun
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
The album begins very quietly, with a careful dialogue between piano and percussion, the bandleader establishing his preference for fleeting cymbal caresses and detailed woodblock clusters.
The reason behind Julia's fluster was the numerous killer smiles, accidental caresses she got from Jeff.
Thousands of people have turned out in this town, including sobbing family members, policemen, and other loved ones who have come here to show their respects with flower bouquets and, in fact, in front of the cortege is a cousin of the man who died, who is sobbing and caressing his picture. CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: New Conflict May Arise in Kosovo - March 10, 2001
One moment Arto sings samba gentle as a nostalgic caress, the next his guitar is like flint grinding on flint.
And so with only a bit of luck, El Duende could play four chukkers full out, and he was already caressing victory in his last championship.
His long fingers were running up and down the fretboard, caressing the strings. DESPERADOES
The guests' voices faded, as she began to caress the chords of the instrument and raised her soft voice.
Looming over the Everqueen it reached out to caress her cheek with its claw.
But it will be said, perhaps, that candidates for [122] political influence and leadership, who thus caress the self-love of those whose suffrages they desire, know quite well that they are not saying the sheer truth as reason sees it, but that they are using a sort of conventional language, or what we call clap-trap, which is essential to the working of representative institutions. Culture and Anarchy
the caresses of the breeze played over his face
She ran her hand gently down his cheek, a loving caress as she gazed at him.
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
His fingers gently caressed her cheek.
She stroked his head and caressed his muzzle to her face.
She was even less pleasant than the metallic voice who caressed me with his unctuous assurances… ‘Your call is important to us.’
With a caress far more gentle than any silk, he touched her tiny lips with his fingers after he lay her back down in the crib.
He placed them onto his small desk in the front as I caressed their bindings and pages.
His sense of rhythmic freedom, elasticity of phrasing, romantic ardor, and caressing tonal hues set a new standard for the four Chopin Ballades.
He slowly smiled, caressing her cheek and then planting a small kiss on her lips.
The rocks seemed clean and unstained in their perfect smoothness, caressing her hands as she placed them down on the ground in the very front of the yard.
You remove it from its confines and caress and touch it as if it's a bar of gold.
Emin, too, is a caresser and addresser when it comes to verbal and conceptual certainties and ambiguities. Tracey Emin: 'What you see is what I am'
The young woman in question, a casual acquaintance of my family in Vienna, had inflamed me with cunning caresses.
Moncada caressed his little vial as a soothsayer might caress a good-luck charm. BLACK EAGLES
For a brief second their lips touched in a light kiss, the caress of each other sending shivers down their spins.
His voice is so soothing in fact that it feels a bit like a smooth ocean wave carelessly caressing the shore.
Mr. Tuttle's rapturous brand of intimism in the form of exquisite assemblages caress the walls of the Whitney Museum.
She is standing off to the side, listening to my silence, caressing the moan—with her stare—that is inside me, helping it emerge, flighted, ripping. Stay By Me (And Make the Moment Last)
Wild crags to climb and romantic sites abound, also scenes of quiet caressing grace and smiling pastoralness. The Roof of France
He that, being high in estate is proud in heart, whose spirit is elevated with his condition, so that he becomes insolent in his conduct towards God and man, let him know that though he admires himself, and others caress him, yet he is an abomination to the Lord. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
The crisp air rushed in from the water, lightly caressing their faces.
Sunday's lazy morning was given a go-by as the guests gathered, many of them caressing the beer stubbies.
The girl laid her cheek on the smarting soft flesh caressively. The Trespasser
The tone of mingled patronage and possession in which her guest spoke of her own two particular sacred totems, vicar and vicaress, incensed her highly. The Far Horizon
This chapter ordinarily meets every six or twelve years, being summoned by the superior general or mother vicaress; but an extraordinary meeting may be called on the occurrence in the vacancy in the office of superior, or for any other grave reason approved by the Holy See. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
And again I marveled at the marble smoothness and fineness of her skin on which the caressing water left tiny silvery globules, gemming it. The Metal Monster
Only think of the beautiful Lady Cassilis who eloped with a belted knight, being reduced to the level of a hedge-tramper, and interchanging caresses with a caird! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847
But the sexual weakness that makes woman depend on man for a subsistence, produces a kind of cattish affection which leads a wife to purr about her husband as she would about any man who fed and caressed her. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
On the floor, others were writhing about caressing themselves, and others cavorted with speakers or the edge of the stage. Fallin’ Up
The warmth of the sun caressed Alicia's skin as she briefly turned her face skywards.
A soft sound, maybe a laugh, then fingers touched the nape of my neck in a gentle caress.
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
Their hands - podgy, thin, freckled or pale - touched everything, prodding, caressing, tickling, squeezing.
His gestures were caressive yet instinctive with power, and the plants settled ravenously to his touch, seemed to spread their small leaves with immediate life and to become rooted for ever where he left them. Cider With Rosie
The snake of my left-hand out of the darkness is kissing your feet with his mouth of caressive fire, The Plumed Serpent
Now do come and have this one wi 'me," he said caressively. Sons and Lovers
The bows of the cellos, violins and double-basses seem to caress your heart strings and not those of their instruments.
A faint breeze caressed the back of her neck.
I want nights full of tender touches and gentle caresses.
And the police chief of Perry Township, Ohio, is taking early retirement after this dashcam video became public which shows him kissing and caressing a female officer, all while -- wait for it -- a prisoner is in the back seat, Anderson. CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2009
She placed a kiss on his lips as the back of her fingers caressed his cheek.
Been at home pining for some place to go," said Ernestine drawing the sewing from Bea's hand, and leaning over into that sister's lap with a caressive gesture. Six Girls A Home Story
Like their contemporaries, the Prazak, they have a marvellous richness of response that adds drama to the long, unbroken lines - in 1918, the composer was under the influence of Brahms - and caressing half-tones to softer sections.
It wants to caress, to stroke, and to offer consolation and comfort.
The voice was dark and sensual and Jane's skin came alive as the word caressed her neck. Tutoring Lady Jane
Barbara held the tiny baby close and caressed his cheek.
Could this be love radiating from our simple touches, our simple caresses and words.
She shivered beneath his touch, a reflex he almost mistook for ticklishness until she grasped his hand and pressed it beneath the lapel of her uniform, wanting him to repeat the caress. Heaven Lake
Wise are the lips which have learnd how long may linger the lips caress, 5 Of Consummation
A cuff from the master and a sharp word had then compelled him to permit their caresses, though he growled and growled under their tiny hands, and in the growl there was no crooning note. The God's Domain
We've seen some fancy applications for Microsoft's Surface, the touchable, strokable, caressable computing device/big-ass table, but not a single one has made us twitter in nerdy glee like Surfacescapes. Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now

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