He laid his hand caressingly on the knee that had touched hers, and was grateful with the humility of the true lover.
Something troubles you, little mother," said Maurice, as he stretched himself upon the rug by her bedroom fire, and laid his head down caressingly upon her knees.
Helen came and sat on the hearthrug at his feet, resting her cheekcaressingly against his knee.
Loud and long it called; then it murmured a series of caressinglydesirous notes, impatient and importunate.
Mr. Tooting lowered his voice to a tone that was caressingly confidential.
He passed his hand caressingly along the trunk, and scarce ever had I seen him so affected.
She took out one of the withered flowers, and then as caressingly put it back beside the others, and closed the locket.
He passed his hand caressingly along its stock now and then, and at intervals raised it to sight along the barrel.
For a moment or two Barby's hand strayed caressingly over the bowed head.
Caroline, in a low voice, as she threw her arm caressingly round her cousin, and fondly kissed her.
Edward, when the agitation of this sudden meeting had subsided, and he found himself seated on a sofa between his aunt and sister, clasping the hand of the former and twining his arm caressingly round the latter.
Mrs. Hamilton, entwining her arm in her husband's, and looking caressingly in his face.
Caroline;" and the mother passed her hand caressingly over her brow, and parted the luxuriant hair that, loosened from the confining wreath of wild flowers which had so lately adorned it, hung carelessly around her.
Her father laughed and passed his hand caressingly over her curls.
Aura bent her headcaressingly to the great bunch of gold-rayed Japanese lilies she held.
The motherhood which was hers by right of her sex wakened in her strongly; she laid her soft cheek caressingly once more on a white petal, then, in sudden impulse, she kissed it softly.
But now a look of savage hate comes to his face on seeing Mrs. Haughton smile caressingly on Trevalyon.
He consults his watch, strokes caressingly the bright brown hair reaching to her knees, and fluffy as the coat of a water spaniel.
The Contessa unwound herself out of her shawl, and putting her armcaressingly round Lucy, led her back to the drawing-room.
He laid his hand caressingly on her shoulder: "De trop?
He had held one of her hands at parting, bending low his head, while she laid the other on it as she blessed him, letting her snowy fingers thread his soft brown hair and linger caressingly among his curly locks.
Maude was very calm, though her lips quivered a little and the tears filled her eyes as she put her hand caressingly upon Jerrie's golden hair.
Arthur was standing before the fire, with his arm thrown caressinglyacross the chair where Gretchen was to sit, when Frank opened the door and advanced a step or two across the threshold.
I am afraid," said Robert, laying his hand caressingly upon her head, "that we are destined to lose the light of our home.
Tenderly and caressingly Iola bent over the happy mother, with her heart filled with mournful memories of her own mother.
Caressingly she bent over his couch, murmuring in her happiness the tenderest, sweetest words of motherly love.
In less than five minutes, he was off to the canine dreamland, one paw still caressingly laid over the fragments of the little red box.
He moved his hands caressingly over the lines Constance had written in ink and Barbara in pencil.
Miss Bradbury listened to it without a comment, but when it was finished, she laid a hand caressinglyon Ralph's arm.
Sometimes when Bob was deep in his plot, the don would come up and nose him caressingly as one who would say: "You can't imagine how different all this is, nor how I thank you!
And as she spoke these last words her fingers lightly and--as it seemed to me--caressingly touched me on the temples.
Hagar asked, and her shriveled hand smoothed caressingly the silken hair, as she looked into the glowing face of the young girl, and half guessed what was written there.
And she found a seat on the sofa near her mother and took her hand caressingly in her own.
Lenox looked up at her and then his eyes wandered to Maida, and rested caressingly in her own.
She covered his eyes caressingly with her soft little palms; pushed him away.
Elise, and threw her arms round his neck, and caressinglystroked his cheek.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "caressingly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
