A gardener will often fondle the first ripe tomato of the season before eating it with relish.    From LearnThat.org. 

And remember ... when you are looking at the packs, do NOT forget to "fondle" them!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Magical Disney Forums] Reference

Anither may praise thee, may fondle and fraize thee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference

Happy to sit and fondle the thing that had been alive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Monster] Reference

Now then, lift your head a little, and I will fondle you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 26, 1892] Reference

Who does not fondle his hopes more than his recollections?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference

I told her it did, and begged of her to continue to fondle it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laura Middleton; Her Brother and her Lover] Reference

I guess they think that violates their civil rights to fondle kids.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2006] Reference

His eyes watched Stefan fondle my breasts through the silk of my bra.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small Victory: the realm of pawns] Reference

 I slump against the cone and fondle her once more, knowing it is finished.    From Wordnik.com.  [S OWN STORY(1)] Reference

"Rover -- my darling!" she exclaims, sinking on her knees to fondle the dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference

Drawbacks: much spilling, some food fights, and at least one uninvited fondle.    From Wordnik.com.  ['I Sometimes Feel Lost And Lonely'] Reference

He stated that he would deliberately fondle these children over their clothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2002] Reference

GORDON: No. I never saw Michael touch a child, hurt a child or fondle a child, no, no.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2003] Reference

This guy -- it's like a beauty pageant, where he gets to fondle the contestants, you know.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2002] Reference

When any one came near to fondle him, he never neglected the opportunity of pocket-picking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference

I stepped up reluctant to have a stranger in a counterfeit Versace fondle the balls of my feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Macphersons: Week 41: Chinese Torture-Sort Of] Reference

It sat in its coffin like hardshell case, and once in a while I would take it out and fondle it.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Black Guitar] Reference

I would often look at it, admire it, but I could never bring myself to pick it up and fondle it.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Black Guitar] Reference

Baudelaire, it is said, could never pass a cat in the street without stopping to stroke and fondle it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others] Reference

He began to lick and fondle my feet, and made the shining polish on them quite dim with his muddy paws.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dick and His Cat and Other Tales] Reference

Till cock-crow in the morning she may suckle it, wash it, fondle it; the doors open of themselves for her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference

That he loved those guns I know, for often have I seen him fondle them as tenderly as a mother her first-born.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier] Reference

She indicated that when he had her on the ground, he put his hand up under her blouse and started to fondle her.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2008] Reference

Henry's tie, scintillating collar and shirt front send her flying to us with hands that fondle and lips that cling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel] Reference

He hastened his steps, and smiled to himself as he thought of his joy in having a little child to fondle and caress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dreamland] Reference

BLOOM: There is no context under law in which an adult man can reach into the pants of a 13-year-old boy and fondle him.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2005] Reference

On one occasion, a large boy picked Bessie up to fondle her, whereupon her jealous lover seized a hatchet and attacked his rival.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes] Reference

Another is happy at our expense; the sensation is a painful one, yet it has a diabolical fascination, and we fondle and caress it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals] Reference

She yielded gladly to my grasp, and I could fondle again the silken hair, the velvety brunette cheek, the plump, childish shoulders.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.] Reference

These ran at once to their mother, and the fierce creature stayed a moment to lick and fondle them and assure herself of their safety.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack Haydon's Quest] Reference

Now, those little private funds which we all cherish and fondle, and hug to our bosoms, and jingle in our pockets, are of no use to us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope] Reference