Sentence examples for soft stroking from inspiring English sources

In particular, he is keen to rebel against the beige treatment of sex in mainstream cinema: the soft stroking of hairless limbs, the passionate kiss that cuts to a dishevelled duvet, the straight-sex, softcore-only policies.

Instead of applying "moderate pressure" (as Schanberg had been doing) she was applying more of a "soft stroking".

Instead of applying "moderate pressure" (as Schanberg had been doing) she was applying more of a "soft stroking". A study done on rats became a study on humans.

You may reassure the horse with a kind voice and soft stroking, if it's necessary.

In 1928 what he was best at was getting the three balls close together and then "nursing" them that is, making long runs by keeping the balls together with a soft, delicate stroke.

Soft strokes of charcoal lay the groundwork for small, probing oil portraits.

The final movement, "Contemplating Tranquility," has the feeling of an esoteric meditation, with soft strokes of gong recalling Messiaen or Boulez in trancelike mood.

But when a luxury bag, like a soft, stroke-leather box, swung down the Watanabe runway, it also had a fashion significance.

Chris Priestley's latest YA novel, Anything That Isn't This, is illustrated throughout by the author in soft strokes of black, white and grey, evoking the monotone menace of a society dominated by Kafkaesque, inscrutable, smilingly violent bureaucracy.

Here Mr. Shifrin could join Mr. Neubauer and Mr. Golub in the fun, playing not only clarinet but also bass drum, in the soft stroke that ends this series of Schumannesque epigrams.

No matter what you do about the light, it would be wise to add an occasional gentle breeze or soft stroke, just enough to brush the tops lightly -- lightly!