One feels caressed by the hands of a master filmmaker who has nothing in particular he wants to say.

NEWYORKER: Wild Grass

Fyodorov caressed his little daughter, stroking her head, her chest, and her tummy, where one day her own children would be conceived and do their growing.

NEWYORKER: Among Animals and Plants

"Only someone who has encountered mercy, who has been caressed by the tenderness of mercy, is happy and comfortable with the Lord, " he said in 2001.

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Those who remained were then caressed on the back, first over the shirt and then, if there was no objection from the child, under the shirt.

NEWYORKER: In Plain View

Beneath my hand, the barrel of the weapon was oily and slick, and I caressed its surface for long minutes as if touch in itself were reassurance and consolation.

NEWYORKER: Rat Beach

You may find yourself asked to pass along a love letter, caressed by a pretty young thing, temporarily share a table with an actor or watch a shot of vodka slammed down on your table by a drunken soldier.

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