Touching
['tʌtʃɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Touch
(a.) Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale.
(prep.) Concerning; with respect to.
(n.) The sense or act of feeling; touch.
Typed by Bartholdi
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Affecting, moving, melting, pathetic, tender.
prep. Concerning, regarding, respecting, with regard to, with respect to, in relation to, relating to.
Typed by Irwin
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Affecting, tender, moving, pathetic,[See MOVE_and_AFFECT]
Typed by Emile
Examples
- Citizen Evremonde, she said, touching him with her cold hand. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She laughed, and the Major did too, at his droll figure on donkey-back, with his long legs touching the ground. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Do you mind touching the bell? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I think they would, came from under the hat, in a grim tone, quite as touching as a broken one. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- By touching something deeply instinctive in millions of people, Judge Lindsey animated dull proposals with human interest. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Why then,' said Mrs Boffin, speaking with her eyes closed, and her left hand thoughtfully touching her brow, 'then, there they are! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Influence; he says something touching influence? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He came close to her, and stood touching her, looking with her at the primrose-shining globe. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I slept with my head against them and one arm touching them, Pilar told him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Caliphronas, touching neither coffee nor tea, drank water only, and confined his eating to bread, honey, and eggs. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- All the signs visible--signs which told that the paint had been smeared by some loose article of somebody's dress touching it in going by. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- That unconscious appeal, so touching and so awful in the sacredness of her sleep, ran through me like fire. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mr. Lorry followed Sydney to the outer door, and, touching him on the shoulder as he was going away, caused him to turn. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The Professor found that so touching that he would have been glad of his handkerchief, if he could have got at it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If I, as a honest tradesman, succeed in providing a jinte of meat or two, none of your not touching of it, and sticking to bread. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Now all of our first seeings and hearings and touchings and smellings and tastings are of this kind. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Editor: Tamara