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Examples
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Stroked her head, letting her silken hair slide through his fingers.
Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011
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Stroked the line of its neck and back, and the thick tail it wrapped round itself, like a stray riding out a storm.
The creature in the coal Gill Hoffs 2011
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He would eventually emblazon his right shoulder with a hand-size tattoo of his regiment, the Fighting Sixty-Ninth, a garish crest dating from the Civil War with Irish wolfhounds, red shamrock and the motto: "Gentle When Stroked, Fierce When Provoked."
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Stroked her head, letting her silken hair slide through his fingers.
Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011
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He would eventually emblazon his right shoulder with a hand-size tattoo of his regiment, the Fighting Sixty-Ninth, a garish crest dating from the Civil War with Irish wolfhounds, red shamrock and the motto: "Gentle When Stroked, Fierce When Provoked."
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Stroked and slapped the backs of our hands, interchangeably.
dead poets. : Patricia Smith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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Stroked gathers are another name for "cartridge pleats," which are measured folds obtained by folding rows of stitches in parallel lines to make rounded pleats.
"Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930 2006
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Poor dear brother! and again Stroked his cheek How was I affected!
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Stroked across the width, then ran her palms down, over his ridged abdomen.
The Ideal Bride Laurens, Stephanie 2004
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Stroked a hair thin ribbon of cherry from the edges of the front frame.
outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2001
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