How to Use touching in a Sentence

touching

adjective
  • Find out where the pups wound up — and what the man wrote in his touching letter to others about the pups.
    Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Never maudlin, but deeply touching, like the Get Back movie.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The 53-year-old then went on to share a touching story about Braugher’s love of singing.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The episode, which ends as Mark dies, is a touching tribute to the character.
    TIME, 14 Mar. 2024
  • His acceptance speech was the longest and most touching of the evening.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 12 Dec. 2022
  • That bed is still in the White House now, and there was a very touching scene when Hamish goes to visit Willie in his deathbed.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Watch Kim and Holly’s touching audition in the video above.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 19 July 2023
  • The few who do not make that transformation are all the more touching for the quirks that make their good faith costly.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • One of the most touching scenes in the episode comes when Hughes and his fellow deaf friends are eating at a pizza place.
    Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 18 Aug. 2023
  • That touching chapter had one reader reach out to Smith.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But then to meet some of these young girls with such cute style who tell me how much my work means to them is really touching.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Meat Loaf's daughters have shared a touching tribute to their dad on the one-year anniversary of the rocker's death.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2023
  • But the most touching part for Androw was seeing all the children involved in Make-A-Wish and their families.
    Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Michael also had a vision that was both large-scale when the movie called for it and intimate and touching when the movie needed it.
    Elizabeth Raposo, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
  • One of the most touching notes came from Charlie Connelly, who lives in Scotland.
    Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Make sure to have tissues on hand for this touching tearjerker.
    Women's Health, 25 May 2023
  • Squat and alternate touching one hand/fingertip to the ground.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The In Memoriam montage was one of the most touching ever, getting so many of the tiniest details right.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Now, fans have paid tribute to the late artist by driving his new music back onto the charts in a touching display of support.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Andy Cohen and Susan Lucci are looking back on the touching start of their decades-long friendship.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Pink's husband Carey Hart also gave a touching shout-out to their son on his own Instagram page.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Wilson wrote her husband of 35 years a touching tribute on Instagram at the time.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
  • One of the things that is so touching about this book is your vulnerability.
    Abc News, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • But the no touching allowed—and the disapproval of their families—doesn't stop Ember and Wade from falling in love.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
  • That goes, too, for what might be her most touching contradiction.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Tom Stuart’s film has a light heart but a steely truth – its fifteen minutes is thrillingly touching.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
  • And, in a touching moment, proud dad Dave gave his daughter a huge smile and two fists up for her elegant efforts at song’s end.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Many say the best way to deal with breakouts is to leave your skin alone—no touching, no picking, and no thick, heavy creams with possible cloggers.
    Men's Health, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Herman and Lesser’s touching scenes together are the heart and soul of this welcome revival.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Homa had been enjoying a promising start to the tournament and was one-under par after the 13th hole in his third round and in touching distance of the leaders.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024

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