TOUCH in a Sentence

Learn TOUCH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
358 example sentences for TOUCH, such as:
1. She reached out to touch his arm.
2. I forbid anyone to touch that clock.
3. The cow answered to its cowboy's touch.
4. I keep in touch with my parents by emails.
5. You can't touch pitch without being defiled.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of TOUCH
touch
 v.  be in direct physical contact with; make contact
 n.  the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He reached the kitchen-porch and turned the door-handle; but the door did not yield to his touch.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  Ethan had imagined that his allusion might open the way to the accepted pleasantries, and these perhaps in turn to a harmless caress, if only a mere touch on her hand.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
3  He looked at her hair and longed to touch it again, and to tell her that it smelt of the woods; but he had never learned to say such things.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  Ethan, with a touch of his whip, roused the sorrel to a languid trot.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
5  Her eyes were pale green without a touch of hazel, starred with bristly black lashes and slightly tilted at the ends.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  For Ashley was born of a line of men who used their leisure for thinking, not doing, for spinning brightly colored dreams that had in them no touch of reality.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  "There's none in the County can touch you, nor in the state," he informed his mount, with pride, the brogue of County Meath still heavy on his tongue in spite of thirty-nine years in America.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
8  In spite of her choked-back tears, Scarlett thrilled to the never- failing magic of her mother's touch, to the faint fragrance of lemon verbena sachet that came from her rustling silk dress.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  Scarlett had never seen her mother's back touch the back of any chair on which she sat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
10  At the touch of his hand, she began to tremble.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
11  By this time Scarlett was boiling, ready to rear like a horse at the touch of a strange rough hand on its bridle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
12  Starved for the sight, much less the touch, of new clothes, it seemed the loveliest bonnet she had ever seen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
13  "Don't you dare touch this bonnet," she said, clutching it by the bow and retreating.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
14  "Oh, Ashley," she whispered happily, thrilling at his words and his touch on her face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
15  At the first touch of his lips on hers, her arms were about his neck in a strangling grip.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence: (148 in 10 pages)
1  This card allows you to access your money at the touch of a button.
2  Several film stars were invited to add a touch of glamour to the occasion.
3  Each birthday is a milestone we touch along life's way.
4  Washington politicians are out of touch with the American people.
5  I forbid anyone to touch that clock.
6  She reached out to touch his arm.
7  If you will write the article, I'll go over it and touch it up for you.
8  We must deal with pleasure as we do with honey, only touch them with the tip of the finger, and not with the whole hand for fear of surfeit.
9  The chairman of the bank believes in the personal touch and always sends a signed letter to each customer.
10  You can't touch pitch without being defiled.
11  I keep in touch with my parents by emails.
12  The cow answered to its cowboy's touch.
13  If you touch an electric wire, you ll get a shock.
14  It is because of heart bottom touch that empty, so he just so painful.
15  He kept in touch with us while he was on vacation.