Object

• ball: Siddall, after a few errors, found her rhythm and began to caress the ball into each and every corner of the court.

• skin: Naked bodies entwined, hands caressing skin, lips gently nibbled.

• ear: Then different sounds were amalgamated, care being taken, however, to caress the ear with gentle harmonies.

• child: If I caress a sweet child, I find myself already thinking: Farewell!

• breeze: Felt are like a caressing soft breeze on a summers day.

• grass: With the merest kiss we caress the grass of the runway, and coast halfway along the strip.

Subject

• breeze: Caressed by sea breezes, it offers post card views of sandy white beaches fringed with swaying palms.

Adjective modifier

• gentle: The gentle caress, Of the waves, On the shore, And you close, Beside me, Could I ask for more?

• soft: Pulling me back, pulling me home, the memories of the soft caress of a sun kissed breeze stroking my face.

• sweet: Trapped in his Dungeon of Love, prisoners are swamped by sickly sweet caresses.

Modifying Another Word

• gently: That was the only answer for what he could feel - a woman's hand gently caressing his brow.

• lovingly: She reminisced as her hands lovingly caressed the bottle, and then she snatched the lid off and sprayed the scent into the air.

• again: Once or twice I got the sensations of being caressed repeatedly again.

• just: Its tips had just caressed a hanging cluster of small bells.

• softly: These big animals don't like it if you just softly caress them.

• lightly: We lay there naked and, with one arm, I lightly caressed her body.

Noun used with modifier

• tender: LEWIS KLAHR SOFT TICKET USA, 2004, 7 mins, 16mm The tender caress of indelible physiognomies.

Preposition: of

• wave: The only sounds you'll hear are your own peaceful thoughts and the gentle caressing of waves against the shore.

• hand: The caressing of hands soothes the sleeper with a three-legged ( galliard ) march of time toward peaceful and eternal sleep.

Preposition: by

• breeze: Caressed by sea breezes, it offers post card views of sandy white beaches fringed with swaying palms.