kissed

And then when he'd put me in my seat (Father, I mean; not the conductor), all of a sudden he leaned over and kissed me; _kissed me -- Father_!

Mary Marie 1894

Again, it was the use of the word kissed which I found so beguiling.

Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004

Incidentally, if you have an AR-type rifle, and you chamber a cartridge and then unload the rifle, you will very often see a mark where the firing pin "kissed" the primer as the bolt slammed forward into battery.

Winner Announced, and Charlton Heston Appreciated 2008

The botrytis just plain kissed these grapes, providing a sweetness of such depth and luxury that I wanted to demand another glass.

The New York Cork Report: 2009

The botrytis just plain kissed these grapes, providing a sweetness of such depth and luxury that I wanted to demand another glass.

Finger Lakes Wine Events 2009

He kissed his hand to her, sipped from his condensed milk can a man-size drink of druggist's alcohol, and to her again kissed her hand.

THE PRINCESS 2010

The botrytis just plain kissed these grapes, providing a sweetness of such depth and luxury that I wanted to demand another glass.

Jason Feulner 2009

And director Francesca Zambello kept a focus on storytelling so that the action was always clear, from the moment when the handsome captain of the guard, Narraboth, kills himself out of frustrated passion for the princess Salome to the moment when the princess, smeared with blood from the decapitated head she has just kissed, is punitively garrotted (rather than crushed by a shield) by another guardsman.

Washington National Opera unveils a lively 'Salome' Anne Midgette 2010

As soon as he was reelected he again kissed up to Bush and the neoconservatives.

Lieberman increases criticism of Barack Obama 2008

On Saturday night, just after the unveiling of his bronze bust on stage, Irvin kissed the likeness of himself.

Gentler Irvin shows brand-new respect for Hall 2007