The child is stroking a cat.
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Stroking
/ˈstɹəʊ̯k.ɪŋ/
Synonyms for "stroking" (35 found)
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Noun(12 words)
movepattingpetpettingpiston-drivenpolishingreciprocatereciprocatingrowing strokesoft strokesoft touchstroke
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11 total sentences available.
"You, a rich man?" said the Fox, and he began to laugh out loud. The Cat was laughing also, but tried to hide it by stroking his long whiskers.
Source: tatoeba (2724549)
"We live so happily, my fair ones, in our forest glades," said Ak, stroking his grizzled beard thoughtfully, "that we know nothing of the sorrow and misery that fall to the lot of those poor mortals who inhabit the open spaces of the earth."
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The girl is stroking the cat.
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