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- verb Present participle of
tousle .
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Examples
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Should have done noses, though, because Chip still needed an exit strategy, which he found in tousling my hair and kissing me on the head.
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Should have done noses, though, because Chip still needed an exit strategy, which he found in tousling my hair and kissing me on the head.
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“I understand, Nathan, I really do,” I whispered, hugging him tightly and tousling his hair.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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They are rarely still long enough for a good cuddle; I have to settle for tousling their hair as they run by, drawing them in for hugs when I can catch them, and kissing their flushed cheeks at night while they sleep.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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They are rarely still long enough for a good cuddle; I have to settle for tousling their hair as they run by, drawing them in for hugs when I can catch them, and kissing their flushed cheeks at night while they sleep.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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There were smiles from the teachers that had loved him, his mother and aunts reaching out, tousling his red hair.
The Last Lion Brittany Newmark 2011
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“I understand, Nathan, I really do,” I whispered, hugging him tightly and tousling his hair.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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There were smiles from the teachers that had loved him, his mother and aunts reaching out, tousling his red hair.
The Last Lion Brittany Newmark 2011
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He has dark brown hair that I have to restrain myself from tousling and a smile that could sell toothpaste by the bushel.
mostly good girls Leila Sales 2010
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“You have no problem with your image,” she said, tousling his hair.
WRECKED CAROL HIGGINS CLARK 2010
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