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Answer for the clue "Gently stroked ", 8 letters:
caressed

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vb. (en-past of: caress )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caress \Ca*ress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caressed (k[.a]*r[e^]st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Caressing .] [F. caresser, fr. It. carezzare, fr. carezza caress. See Caress ., n.] To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving ...

Usage examples of caressed.

She kept remembering Rafe’s long fingers unfastening the buttons one by one as his mouth caressed her body with fire and love.

Slowly, deliberately, he caressed her with tongue and teeth until she forgot to breathe.

With tender care he searched out the hardening bud of her passion and caressed it.

It caressed her skin, lifted her hair, and billowed the countless layers of sea-foam chiffon, revealing the perfect curves of her legs.

She shivered beneath his sensitive touch, feeling as though she had never been caressed by a man before.

For an instant it had felt as though her bare nape was being caressed by a silky brush.

The same fingertips that had brought pain to Ashcroft caressed the slanting lines of her cheekbones and the curves of her mouth.

He caressed her pulse with the tip of his tongue, then with his teeth.

Then she smoothed and caressed each ridge of tendon, each supple swell of muscle.

And then she was sucked into his hot, hungry, demanding mouth and caressed with a fierce thoroughness that made her want to cry out with surprise and intense pleasure.

He held her motionless while his other hand caressed her shivering, sultry flesh, his fingers sliding deeply into her heat, retreating, returning, probing, until she moaned and arched bonelessly into his touch and he smiled, watching her.

She wished she was back in the arms of her pirate, listening to a deep east Texas drawl that caressed her more warmly than California’s bright winter sunlight.

She caressed him gently, her fingers smoothing his skin in undemanding touches that told him she was there, listening, sharing his pain as much as she could.

He caressed her warmly, hands and mouth moving over her, savoring the heady mixture of Scotch and her sweet skin.

Each time he caressed her he taught her about her own body, her own needs, awakening something strong and wild deep inside her, something that reached hungrily toward him.