Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pawed
Verb
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Cali’s husband murmured beside her, nuzzled into her elbow.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In one photo, the couple posed on the beach while Wyatt caressed her growing baby bump.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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In photos the pop superstar shared, Kelce could be seen down on one knee as Swift caressed his face during the intimate moment.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Ferrari driver kissed his dog’s head in one snap and placed his hand affectionately on him in another.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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Around that time, the stepdaughter, now 21, claimed that Errol kissed her and stuck his tongue into her mouth.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Oh, to be a tomato and/or tomato flower being tenderly and gently fingered by Dame Helen Mirren.—
James Factora,
Them.,
13 Aug. 2025
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On opening night at the start of the second act, even director Ellenstein got fingered out as fictitious bar manager Billy Joe Walker.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When it was announced that Hilaria had made it through to the next week, Alec cheered and hugged one of their kids in celebration.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Survivors gathered at the reunification center and hugged each other in tears.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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All other produce can be gently rubbed while being rinsed.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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The female nurse rubbed the glove over her sides, into the folds, on the back of her neck.—
Laura Vazquez,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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To manage the thousands of people who descend daily, operators have studied visitors’ behavior and engineered their parks to move people around without anyone realizing they’re being nudged.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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Student tickets nudged down, too, from 8,013 to 7,823.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But Rivera stroked into center field to end the game.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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Toronto first got to Junk in the third inning as Nathan Lukes stroked a leadoff double, advanced on Ernie Clement’s flyout and came home on Springer’s RBI single.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Pawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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