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• Aunt Lucia’s hands caressing my cheek or the quick motion of patting my hair.2015, Audrey Ward, “Minot, North Dakota 1949: Marketing Revival”, in Hidden Biscuits: Tales of Deep South Revivals Told by Heart, Eugene…. From the entry nalesnik
• She caressed her own breast and pleasured her moist love box while she waited.2008, Henry Willingham, One for the Fellas, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry love box
• They seemed to be begging for him to caress and kiss them.2005, Hermione Steele, chapter 37, in Love Goes West, AuthorHouse, page 345. From the entry rosebud
• Though her lubricity made it redundant, Anthea passed him the oil to caress her thighs.1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin, published 2009, page 42. From the entry lubricity
• LASSALLE: (caressing her hair) The first condition, my dovie, is calmness.1929, The Vanguard, volume 4, page 42. From the entry dovie
• Komal caresses the edge of her kameez with her fingers.2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 125. From the entry kamees
• Rivulets of sweat pour down my spine like caressing fingers.2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times. From the entry deet
• Slater, meanwhile, posted a video of Scottie carrying the newborn and adorably saying "Hi Shoti!" while caressing his cheek.2022 May 28, MGP, GMA News, “Kryz Uy and Slater Young's firstborn Scottie meets baby brother”, in GMA News Online. From the entry shoti
• She caressed a knobby knee or elbow.2012, Carrie Weaver, Baby, I'M Yours, →ISBN. From the entry knobby
• I speak it softly as I sway and give way to her gentle or harsh caress or rebukement.2010, William Peters, The Light in the Window: Whisperings from the Soul…. From the entry rebukement
• Its fully independent suspension, with struts and coil springs up front and a multilink rear setup, loves to caress the road.2007 May 27, Jerry Garrett, “Altima Coupe: Fewer Doors, More Drama”, in New York Times. From the entry multilink
• Paris didn't flinch as Alize moved within an inch of her mouth and began caressing the side of her face.2006, Christal Jordan-Mims, Under the Cherry Moon, page 143. From the entry Alize
• "Yeesh," Ratchet muttered again, caressing his singed whiskers.2005, Lee Edward Födi, Kendra Kandlestar and the Box of Whispers. From the entry yeesh
• Stroke your partner's thighs and caress her breasts as you make love to her yoni with your mouth and tongue.2004, Johanna Wikoff, Deborah Romaine, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Kama Sutra, Alpha Books, published 2004, page 242. From the entry yoni
• When Mariuchi caresses the plant, for example, sensuously emitting from the palps of her fingers, a siren song.1998, Renny Christopher, Linda Strom, Lisa Orr, Working Class Studies: 1 & 2, Feminist Press at CUNY, →ISBN, page 165. From the entry palp
• It was as if Linda's caress superceded all others in memory-wiping the slate clean of past experiences, charting a brand-new path.1998, Gail Link, Texan's Bride. From the entry memory-wipe
• You see that these bodies pressed against other bodies enjoy being held, weighed, being caressed by thick indexterous hands.1994, Alphonso Lingis, Abuses, page 59. From the entry indexterous
• Older women who no longer menstruate, excited by the younger women's caresses, secrete enough cyprine to paint their bodies.1977, Heresies - Volume 1, Issues 1-4, page 98. From the entry cyprine
• He caresses the top of the tank, understanding that the machine cannot feel the gesture but content that he can.1976 August, David Laraway, “Weekends and Other Days: Loving at the edge of life”, in Edith Raymond Locke, editor, Mademoiselle, New York…. From the entry machine
• I need that assurance, will she ruffle self’s curls and smile auntishly, or will her caress mean something?1969, Walter Harris, Clovis, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 22. From the entry auntishly
• Nurse Elsie lowered her pretty, bebonneted head, her blue eyes shining, her red lips caressing their little secret.1915, Marie Scherr, The Immortal Gymnasts, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, page 303. From the entry bebonneted
• He began to caress his brow with the air of a person who finds himself in a quandary.1915, Hapsburg Liebe, Honorably Discharged. From the entry campchair
• No storm affrights it; and not the centuries, clustering houris, with their caresses can seduce it from its hard austerity.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company…. From the entry houri
• The glance was politely unnoting, but in it there yet lurked, far back, the unmistakable quality of a caress.1905, Harry Leon Wilson, The Boss of Little Arcady. From the entry unnoting
• He continued to lave her with gentle laps, while his fingers caressed her until she cried out and her whole body convulsed.2011, Karen Foley, chapter 8, in Devil in Dress Blues, Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 111. From the entry lave
• Firkytoodle, meaning 'to indulge in preliminary caresses,' among its synonyms 'to dildo, to clitorize,' is listed in Farmer and Henley's Slang and Its Analogues.2005, Reinhald Aman, Maledicta, volume 1, number 1, page 25. From the entry clitorize
• Daddy holds, hugs, kisses, and caresses his young daughter but he rough and tumbles, throws around, and mock fights with his little son.2000, Herb Goldberg, The Hazards of Being Male: Surviving the Myth of Masculine Privilege, page 63. From the entry rough and tumble
• Your partner will be so eager to be licked and caressed that your introductory tonguings in this area just won't be enough.1992, The Ultimate Sex Book. From the entry tonguing
• She was typing a piece of copy when she realized the station manager had locked the door and was caressing her shoulders.1978 June, Caryl Rivers, “Sexual Harassment: The executive's alternative to rape”, in Mother Jones Magazine, volume 3, number 5, page 22. From the entry casting couch
• Then, feeling the fat hands caressing her reluctant bosom, listening dutifully to the rich, plummy voice, she realized finally what marriage to the King meant.1948, Michael Glenne, Catherine Howard: The Story of Henry VIII's Fifth Queen, page 137. From the entry plummy
• They are perpetually licking the oily secretions on the bodies and limbs of their ants, which they caress the while with their antennæ.1928, Auguste Henri Forel, The Social World of the Ants Compared with that of Man. From the entry strigilator
• He opened them, and smiled slightly, as he moved his hand to her hip, and caressed his way to her apex, lightly stroking her through her dress.2016 February 9, Rhonda Leibel, Princess' Knight, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN. From the entry apex
• I well remember, in school on a winter's day, looking up and observing some boy or girl, with painful grimaces, surreptitiously caressing a footful of empurpled chilblains.1973, David Morrison, Essays on Fionn MacColla, page 12. From the entry footful
• Softer than sleep's are the sea's caresses, Kinder than love's that betrays and blesses, Blither than spring's when her flowerful tresses Shake forth sunlight and shine with rain.1917, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Astrophel and Other Poems. From the entry flowerful
• He does a hang-jawed-cretin routine, and, in the best sequence, he imitates Caine's suavo act, caressing a flower, pouring a glass of champagne and holding it up to the moon.1989 January 16, David Denby, “Washed Up”, in New York Magazine, volume 22, number 3, page 60. From the entry suavo

Meaning of caress

1. noun An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
2. noun A gentle stroking or rubbing.
3. verb To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

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How do you use caress in a sentence?

Caress is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She loves being caressed by her boyfriend.”

What is a short sentence with caress?

“She caressed a knobby knee or elbow.”

What does caress mean?

Caress means an act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.