Patting Sentence Examples

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  • Lana stepped through the doorway, patting Jack.

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  • He turned to Fred, patting him on the back.

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  • Even the cat looked up, more from the cessation of her patting than Dean's expletive.

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  • Gently push the soil back around the roots, patting the soil with your hand or your trowel.

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  • And patting Berg on the shoulder he got up, wishing to end the conversation.

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  • Giddon paid no attention to the three at the pool, patting Diablo's nose and talking softly to him as if no one was around.

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  • At another spot he noticed a Russian soldier laughingly patting a Frenchman on the shoulder, saying something to him in a friendly manner, and Kutuzov with the same expression on his face again swayed his head.

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  • Dean could be back on Collingswood Avenue, listening to John Coltrane or Charlie Parker and patting Mrs. Lincoln, or catching a Phillies game on the tube, or eating pizza and slugging down a cold Coors beer.

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  • After patting her body as dry as he dared, Dean reached over and grabbed her night bag, pulling out her pajamas.

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  • Fred began to pace the room, patting the cat as he walked back and forth.

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  • On patting their carrier or some passing ant, the mites are supplied with food, no service being rendered by them in return for the ants' care.

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  • Mrs. Lincoln seemed pleased to have a variety of music instead of straight country and western, partial as she was to good jazz—plus there were two laps to alternate when the patting on one slacked off.

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  • Bayes looked understandably frustrated and Ricketts showed his relief by patting his chest.

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  • Well, my boy, the old prince went on, addressing his son and patting Pierre on the shoulder.

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  • The Frenchman emitted a merry, sanguine chuckle, patting Pierre on the shoulder.

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  • A prisoner, the Russian soldier the Frenchman had pushed away, was sitting near the fire patting something with his hand.

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  • I look in the mirror, find the top of my cheekbones and begin patting on the color.

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  • Right. So as officers are patting down the alleged Babyshambles front man (does that band really exist?), a small "package" fell out of Doherty's pocket.

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  • Patting, not rubbing, is recommended for drying the child off, to prevent irritating the blisters.

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  • In infancy messages of love, security, and comfort are transferred through holding, cuddling, gentle stroking, and patting.

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  • Patting rather than rubbing the skin after bathing and thoroughly massaging lubricating lotion or nonprescription cortisone creams into still-damp skin can soothe red, irritated nummular dermatitis.

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  • Lower the casket and gently add soil around and on top of the coffin, patting it down as you go along.

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  • In an act of compassion the mascot leads the rejected beau off the court patting his back.

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  • Make it a practice of patting your skin after showering or bathing rather than rubbing it with a towel.

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  • You didn't quit because you wanted to, but because you had to after breaking those laws to spare me and Hazel, Katie added, patting her stomach.

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  • Jackson was patting her, her heart rate had become more regular and the panting subsided.

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  • He sat at the kitchen table, sipping the cold coffee and patting the cat.

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  • Ants invite one another to work, or ask for food from one another, by means of pats with the feelers; and they respond to the solicitations of their guest-beetles or mites, who ask for food by patting the ants with their feet.

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