touching

[ˈtʌtʃɪŋ]

Definition:
1. The event of something coming in contact with the body.
2. The act of putting two things together with no space between them.
3. Arousing affect.

Use 'touching' in a sentence:

1. She showed a touching faith in my ability to resolve any and every difficulty.
2. What could be more touching than hearing the genuine concern and greetings from someone you love?
3. His devotion to his wife and family is touching.
4. She showed no fear in any of the situations and had to be prevented from touching the tarantula because of the high risk of being bitten.
5. She was touching the dressing gingerly with both hands.
6. It was a touching story that moved many of us to tears.
7. The psychologists reasoned that if the children knew what they usually looked like, they would be surprised by the unusual red mark and would start touching it.
8. Her story is the touching tale of a wife who stood by the husband she loved.
9. The woman responds to the serpent's queries by saying that eating and even touching the tree is forbidden on pain of death.
10. They take touching as a cultural norm in social interactions.
11. I like the autumn leaves, and they like spring flowers as beautiful, touching.
12. Born in 1931, Morrison has written some of the most touching and intelligent works on the African-American experience ever written by anyone.
13. Touching something soft, I sprang quickly back.
14. He walked around the table touching glasses with all the foreign guests.
15. It was a touching sight.
16. Be particularly fastidious about washing your hands before touching food.
17. His letter was touching.
18. Men are more inhibited about touching each other than women are.
19. In nonverbal communication terminology, physical contact and the study of touching are generally referred to as haptics.
20. He's absorbed the touching authority of Phoebus Apollo, the god of the sun.
21. It also stops the fingers from touching the stamps.
22. We are rather inhibited about touching each other.
23. There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.
24. They start learning by touching the contents in the books with the pen.
25. The pictures depicting the life of the prairie people are simple but touching.
26. This is the most touching story I have ever heard.
27. Indeed, in very few known cases, parent birds sometimes abandoned their nests from something touching their young, just because they noticed it by sight, not smell.
28. She is most powerful and touching when she writes about the student movement in the old days.
29. These touching portraits encourage us to see them as agents rather than simply colonial subjects or paid employees.
30. The two wires are touching.
31. Their knees were touching.
32. Then decades passed without my touching a knitting needle.
33. Upper body bending front, leg point raising, heel touching ground.
34. My fingers are beginning to prick after touching that paste.
35. He felt a hand touching his shoulder.
36. Student C: It is really touching.
37. You can make the men hurry by touching them up as you pass.
38. Teresa posted a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website accompanied by the touching words ：＂ What a blessing this young man was to our family! He was so sweet and kind to do this ．＂
39. You can be brought out of ghost form by touching a Phoenix Statue.
40. If he's touching all the other glasses with the same pitcher, think about all those germs.
41. The wires must be insulated from touching each other, with a rubber covering.
42. Many firefighters have got skin problems after touching the plants, and at least three have had to go to the hospital for treatment for their skin problems.
43. One respondent to the survey believed that there is no true emotional bonding without touching and smelling a loved one.
44. It was a very, very touching moment.
45. Brain imaging showed that, on touching the paper, the emotional center of the brain was activated, thus forming a stronger bond.
46. No touching allowed while watching.
47. He gave a touching valediction at graduation.
48. The setting sun was touching the hilltop.
49. His coat was so long it was almost touching the floor.
50. Apple says all phones have this problem—yeah, they have that problem after you fix the problem with touching the antenna.