Sentence examples for but did not touch from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

black but not touching

but does not touch

but did not reach

but did not reached

but did not contact

Exact(32)

He stepped closer but did not touch.

The New Yorker

He looked at my hand but did not touch it.

The New Yorker

She advanced to learning Scarlatti and Schumann, but did not touch Spanish music until her teens.

The Guardian - Music

As they departed, Trump put his hand towards her back but did not touch.

The Guardian

Where God looked but did not touch, the lip of sandstone is purled with fissures.

The Guardian - Books

"He was right up close to her," but did not touch her, Mr. Honecker said.

The New York Times

Similar(28)

Many looked but didn't touch.

The Guardian - Sport

"She bent down, but didn't touch him.

The New York Times

She talked but didn't listen; she smothered but didn't touch.

The New Yorker

Our ten-year-old son ate his corn, but didn't touch the quail.

The New Yorker

It coated the windows on his pickup but didn't touch the fields.

The New York Times

More suggestions(17)

but did not permit

but did not ask

but did not qualify

but did not change

but did not establish

but did not decrease

but did not attend

but did not examine

but did not explore

but did not exert

but did not include

but did not correct

but did not penetrate

but did not achieve

but did not benefit

but did not contain

but did not remove

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