I've half a mind to ride back and have him out for that rascal "osculation" and the lady unwilling!. From Wordnik.com. [Diana of the Crossways — Complete] Reference
Probably explaining inosculation in a letter to a gentleman in County Armagh is as close as I’ll ever get to any kind of osculation any more. From Wordnik.com. [Reflections on drink and disappointment...] Reference
Cautiously, as if you might be bitten, you disengage yourself from his osculation. From Wordnik.com. [Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas]
So with sovereign ambition she steeled herself to the daily horrors of amphibian osculation. From Wordnik.com. [PodCastle » PodCastle Miniature 22: The Kissing of Frogs] Reference
"I am sure a dragon of propriety might trust a loving pair in this wabbly little craft, which an attempt at osculation would upset.". From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
“Why, good morning, Eddie,” the dear woman exclaimed as I stepped up beside her and planted a fond, filial osculation upon her cheek. From Wordnik.com. [Nevermore] Reference
And in my haste I had forgotten that Ruth might not know a word about this, and might doubt about my meaning, and the warmth of my osculation. From Wordnik.com. [Lorna Doone] Reference
What one of them can tell you a thing concerning the original osculation -- that primary amatory congress which was the beginning of the beginning?. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
Before we get to that, a quick refresher on why we engage in a practice which involves the exchange of, by one estimate, 278 colonies of bacteria per osculation. From Wordnik.com. [Kissing] Reference
The implant of the osculation was destined for her cheek. From Wordnik.com. [Fibble, D.D.] Reference
If osculation is a mark of love, surely Mrs. Mack is the best of mothers. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
Next ensued a period of rather audible osculation, and then there was silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton] Reference
This imposed an absolute orgy of compulsory osculation on the unfortunate Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Days Before Yesterday] Reference
Lois urged them to the door, where Susan presented her face for further osculation. From Wordnik.com. [Otherwise Phyllis] Reference
We're guessing there are pubs outside the capital where osculation is also frowned upon. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
That leaves what Mr. Gummere calls "the click of osculation," which is no click at all but an imploded b. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol II No 3] Reference
If there was anything in the way of osculation that that member of an old Austrian family didn't know, I've got to find it out. From Wordnik.com. [Where there's a Will] Reference
Massachusetts, in the year 1767, thus describes a corn-husking, and most ungallantly says naught of the red ear and attendant osculation. From Wordnik.com. [Home Life in Colonial Days] Reference
I overtook him in Cartagena, endured the process of osculation, saw him without rhime or reason wrangle with and publicly insult our Consul there. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of George Borrow]
Although I'm analyzing osculation rather clinically in this piece, the most important thing you need to take away is that it needs to come off as natural. From Wordnik.com. [guttervomit | a collection of stuff by luis buenaventura] Reference
A source in the know said that the four-time French Open champion's girlfriend, Maria Francisca Perello, was not too pleased about the seemingly harmless osculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Its cover exposed a tender love scene wherein a gentleman in evening clothes was engaged in an act of violent osculation with a young lady whose dress was as short as her modesty. From Wordnik.com. [Midnight] Reference
They would not understand our American habit of osculation. ". From Wordnik.com. [Where there's a Will] Reference
I’m sure he’ll be back there again to re-implant that osculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Honduran Political Crisis Over?] Reference
A word about this, and might doubt about my meaning, and the warmth of my osculation. From Wordnik.com. [Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor] Reference
Then, after placing a grateful osculation upon Muddy’s expansive brow, I hurried to the door and emerged onto the street. From Wordnik.com. [Nevermore] Reference
"When this command had been obeyed with urbane alacrity, Sam called out again, very much as if he were piping all hands to osculation. From Wordnik.com. [John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein] Reference
Those prints of brutal osculation?. From Wordnik.com. [Tobogganing on Parnassus] Reference
Should follow the first osculation. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z] Reference
(5) The click of osculation, made with the lips pursed and short puffs of breath. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol II No 2] Reference
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