Stroked Sentence Examples

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  • He stroked his chin.

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  • He brushed a strand of hair from her face and stroked her cheek.

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  • He held her tightly and stroked her hair.

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  • I asked as I stroked my knife against her cheek.

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  • She reached up and stroked his cheek.

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  • He gently stroked her hair, his voice soft and close to her ear.

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  • Following the nurses instruction, she gently stroked his cheek.

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  • Again he stroked her cheek and bent his head.

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  • Elisabeth and Jackson hugged her from either side and Jackson stroked her hair.

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  • Taking her face in his hands, his thumbs stroked the soft skin on her cheeks.

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  • Of course, Katie wouldn't know about the way he stroked her cheek or brushed her lips with his in such a tantalizing way.

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  • His free hand stroked her neck softly and slid down to the bodice of her blouse.

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  • Alex stroked her hair and spoke to her softly, encouraging her to close her eyes and relax.

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  • Jackson embraced her and stroked her hair as she began to weep.

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  • He stroked her hair while he rocked and crooned to her.

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  • He stroked Carmen's hair.

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  • Babies love to be touched and stroked, so a massage is one way to calm a fussy baby.

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  • He smiled down at her and stroked her hair as if she were still a child.

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  • After he had stroked his face with his hands, and (as it were) bathed them a little in the fire, he soon died (as it appeared) with very little pain or none."

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  • Much the same way he will stroke someone's ego, he loves his own ego stroked.

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  • He lowered her gently to the bed and stroked her face.

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  • Xander stroked the cloak draped over his mother's arm.

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  • If, for example, a knitting needle is stroked with the south pole of a magnet, the strokes being directed from the middle of the needle towards the two extremities alternately, the needle will acquire a north pole at each end and a south pole in the middle.

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  • The other end of the sounder is stroked outwards with a damp cloth so as to make it sound its fundamental.

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  • It is stroked in the middle so as to FIG.

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  • If the wire is stretched across a room and stroked in the middle with a damp cloth the fundamental is easily obtained, and the first harmonic can be brought out by stroking it at a quarter the length from one end.

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  • In his third year he was taken up to London, inspected by the court surgeon, prayed over by the court chaplains and stroked and presented with a piece of gold by Queen Anne.

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  • I stroked her silky fur, and then let her sit behind me.

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  • We stroked Angora goats, looked at their wool, and talked about all the different things you can make from wool.

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  • At Fuller's house, Uri stroked the three wires in his usual manner and produced sharp kinks in each.

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  • We will miss you scratching at the window to come in and your loud purr when held and stroked.

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  • Another two fell by the wayside after a quick shimmy and then he stroked the ball into the net.

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  • Therefore, cried Tommy stroked his woes were forgotten.

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  • O'Brien stroked in a break of 60 to pull a frame back, but Michie fired in 75 to seal victory.

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  • In one thin, translucently white hand he held a handkerchief, while with the other he stroked the delicate mustache he had grown, moving his fingers slowly.

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  • Justin Cochrane stroked home the resultant penalty to seal another draw at York Road.

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  • Therefore, cried tommy stroked his woes were forgotten.

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  • Hence, cats will usually purr when they are being stroked or are lost in some ineffable trance as they busily tear apart a bedspread.

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  • Speculation began after Nicole was photographed in January 2006 speaking to her parents while country music superstar Keith Urban lovingly patted and stroked her stomach.

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  • The way I see it, he gets his ego stroked while you and his girlfriend settle for the little he doles out between the two of you.

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  • Carmen stroked his cheek again and Matthew went back for another try.

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  • He brushed the hair back from her face and stroked her cheek gently.

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  • His hand stroked her hair.

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  • He stroked her cheek with the back of his fingers and ran a thumb along her jaw.

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  • She stroked his face.

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  • A light came into his eyes and he stroked her neck softly.

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  • If it is clamped at one-quarter and threequarters of the length from the ends, and is stroked in the middle, the first harmonic sounds.

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  • Medical aid having proved of no avail, he went to Ireland in 1665 to be "stroked" by Valentine Greatrakes, but "found not his disease to stir."

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  • He stroked her hair.

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  • He stroked her hair and then patted her awkwardly on the back of her neck.

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  • He reached out and stroked her cheek.

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  • Alex stroked her head and then leaned forward to look down at her.

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  • He stroked her cheek gently and leaned down, softly kissing her lips.

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  • Prince Andrew came up, stroked her hair, and asked if she felt rested after their journey.

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  • She stroked his cheek and kissed his forehead.

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  • He stroked her cheek softly.

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  • Having done that, the officer, lifting his elbow with a smart gesture, stroked his mustache and lightly touched his hat.

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  • At her nod he stroked her hair.

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  • She stroked his hair and kissed his forehead, while tears coursed down her cheeks as well.

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  • One of his thumbs stroked the small of her back as he thought.

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  • He was quiet for a few moments and then he stroked her arms as he spoke.

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