Sentence examples for I stroke from inspiring English sources

The phrase "I stroke" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to mean either "I pet" to show affection for an animal or to describe the motion of a hand on an object as in, for example, "I stroke the smooth surface of the stone."

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I stroke the buck's flank.

I stroke a chunky knit Brendenton cardigan (£98) and a checky Clennel Boyfriend shirt (£59).

With my fingertips I stroke her hot, pale forearm, her bony cheeks.

To slip into a pool or lake, to feel it gently buoy me up, to watch it part as I stroke through it, is to experience something special.

Fuchsia peonies in a glass urn are so artfully overblown that, when no one is looking, I stroke a petal to check they are real.

I stroke our cats, defrost some homemade soup and soon send my husband, James, to his office so I can luxuriate in having the house to myself.

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I stroke her hair, wondering if mine was ever so thick and so black, wondering at the little girl grown so big.

Is stroke getting more or less common?

It will therefore be interesting to find out whether adjuvant imatinib therapy used with thrombolytic tPA in ischemic stroke patients leads to a decrease in the incidence of poststroke seizures and epilepsy (ongoing I-STROKE clinical trial, European Stroke Network).

I stroked his hair.

I stroked the bags.

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