Verb (used with object) : The breeze caressed the trees.    From Dictionary.com. 

Fred Willard lying face down on the floor with his chin caressing the carpet is an image I won’t soon forget.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terrific cast and sharp screenplay set “Youth in Revolt” apart » Scene-Stealers] Reference

There was a kind of caressing persuasion in his whole manner that magnetized the audience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trumps] Reference

How charming and caressing you can be when you like.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

I grip it in between my fingers, caressing it with my thumb.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Weight of Jade] Reference

Serge smiled, and resuming his light, caressing tone, replied.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

There are 10 takes of her caressing my face and reading my aura.    From Wordnik.com.  [CSI: Miami Gets Psychic for Sweeps and Holds Out Hope for Lady Gaga] Reference

Maurice, seating the young girl beside him with a caressing gesture.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

She could see the winged girl looking at Kyo's wrist and caressing it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arcana Magi - c.19: Opportunity Arising] Reference

Martin, he smiled so sweetly and said good-morning to her in so caressing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

She did not reply, but her fixed look, caressing and cruel, answered him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

She seated herself brusquely, and, in a voice at once harsh yet caressing, said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Sitting next to the bed, caressing his mother's hand, Quentin waits for her to wake up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fractured Memories of Hope] Reference

Its caressing tones contrasted pleasantly with the harsh accent of a few minutes before.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

When she woke up hours later, Tupper said, Adams had undressed her and was caressing her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Senator, The Sex Stories] Reference

The plot is simple: the film opens on two octopi caressing each other with tender tentacles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cephalopod To The Rescue] Reference

"Do you value these boxes?" she asked, caressing a little pig that she had taken in her arms.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Nikki is caressing his neck with her mouth and the two are headed for his parents 'lake house.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Secret] Reference

He picks up one of the Separator Sticks, caressing its cool jade-green smoothness in his palm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luna's Future Is His Xmas Present] Reference

Clooney is naturally gregarious, a disarmingly handsome smoothie with a toasty, caressing voice.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The American': An Abstract, Angst-Filled Art Thriller] Reference

"" Get used to it, '' the music minister urges the crowd, caressing the keys of his Yamaha organ.    From Wordnik.com.  [Living In The Holy Spirit] Reference

Chisame heard her parents entering the room and she felt her mother's hands caressing her cheeks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arcana Magi - c.15: Chisame Murakami, Sentinel of Genbu] Reference

The hem of her dress caressing them and making him remember his mouth, how well they fit inside.    From Wordnik.com.  [Legs like David] Reference

I pretended I was just sidling up, caressing him, and I tried in vain to get him to open his arms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men Like Chameleons In the Dark] Reference

   Then his fingertips sing again, caressing her crown, working tiny spirals of hope into her hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flyaway] Reference

Legend invited a female admirer on stage and serenaded her, dropping to his knees and caressing her hips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dwight Brown: The Island of Curaçao Jazzes It Up -- New Festival. New Vibe. New Resort.] Reference

Instead, she felt the woman's hands caressing her cheeks, stroking her grey hair, rubbed her ears and tail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arcana Magi - c.25: Satisfaction] Reference

I tried soft restraints, but I just wound up chewing my way free, grabbing your dollhouse and caressing it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sticky Wants to Grab] Reference

And it's just scenes of you two, you know, embracing each other, caressing each other, looking at each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hal Holbrook: A Lifetime Of Diverse Roles] Reference

He pretends he is caressing her slick gray skin, and that the scented water is the sweet taste of her narrow lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Night Bird] Reference

My friend's dad used to lay out his mother's clothes on the bed, one empty sleeve caressing his neck while he slept.    From Wordnik.com.  [Declarative Sentences] Reference

Others recall holding hands like teenagers in the back of a darkened, empty theater, or caressing in a Green Zone garden.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love and War] Reference

I hear the wind muscling the trees, the river caressing stones, pulling relentlessly forward as I lay still against the ebb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fall] Reference

He could deliver a detailed, holy-cow description of a culprit to a security guard while caressing the missing merchandise in his pocket.    From Wordnik.com.  [LIGHT FINGERS] Reference