Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
patting
IPA transcription: [p'ætɪŋ]
Usage examples
"Whoa, boy," he soothed, patting the animal gently on the neck.
I spoke to Pont, patting him on the head and told him what a good dog he was.
'I shall love it as long as I live!' cried Scrooge, patting it with his hand.
I permitted it to do so, occasionally stooping and patting it as I proceeded.
"I don't think," said Uncle John, smiling and patting the fair check of his niece.
Try to rub the top of your head forward and backward at the same time that you are patting your chest.
"See if you can't arrange that last resort thing," the other guard said, patting the heavy blue barrel of his weapon.
Then, turning to her, and patting her cheek, said, "And you need not be afraid of my dying; my ghost will claim nothing.
The child availed herself of the permission, then gently patting the newcomer, repeated her glad cry, "Baby, pretty baby."
Pat came over, but his most seductive purrs won no notice from his mistress, who refused herself the pleasure of even patting him.