61 Verbs to Use for the Word petting

In these days of dogs' homes the services of such a man as Linton are not so much in request; but he was a home in himself, and did a great deal of good in his way by restoring lost dogs to their owners; so that it became almost a common question in those days, when a lady lost her pet, to ask if she had made any inquiry of old Sam Linton.

" "Brought up in coal-dust,the spoiled and forward pet of a foolish old stutterer, who depends for his bread on his dirty work, and who, if he had only his own, would have to leave even the hovel he works in."

"Up on your hind legs!" cried the boy, and, by taking hold of Squinty's front feet, Bob raised his pet up on the hind legs.

She had just taken her little pet by the hand to lead her from the room, when the door-bell rang.

The cosey corner itself was an arm-chair near the revolving bookcase; Prue said that papa kept his "pets" in that bookcase.

The animal had one day attached itself to her while she was taking a walk on the Apethorpe road; and now, by her feeding him daily and making a pet of him, the girl and the dog had become inseparable.

I'd like to save your pet.

What d'ye want?" "I want a pet," returned Mrs. Bold vehemently.

The primrose, aye the children's pet, Pale bride, yet proud of its uprooting, The crocus, snowdrop, violet And sweet-briar with its soft leaves shooting.

I've seen Padre Sibyla's pet!"

The peasant is poor and without money; now, in the direst need, he will sell his faithful pet to some susceptible young lady, and in the end that will be the foundation of his good fortune.

True enough, the morrow's wedding had made them forget their pets; and so they hastily returned to the house.

Hey diddle dinkety poppety pet

cried Myrtle; and they all hurried forward, Uncle John leading them on a run, and passed around the big rock to rescue their pet.

Nappy chooses a pet.

I greeted loud my little saviour: "Thou pet!

Evadne found herself one morning in Judge Hildreth's roomy coach-house, watching Pompey, as he skilfully groomed her uncle's pets.

His heart revelled in her pranks and merry laughter, and she grew up the pet of her father, whose affection she returned with all her heart.

After some grumbling the man consented, and pocketed the four dollars, first asking very particularly the exact spot in the barn where they expected to hide their huge pet.

"What bright eyes and rosy cheeks!" exclaimed Mr. Stanley, kissing his pet.

Bob always used to lock the door of the new pig pen every night, for, though he knew his pet was quite tame now, he thought, if the door were left open, Squinty might wander away.

We must leave our pets at home when we go into the street, and meet men on broad grounds of good meaning and good sense.

" The boy lifted up his pet, and put him back in the pen that had been especially built for the little pig.

Mr. Renour does look a pet!

He missed his mother's petting; he missed the society of his plain, outspoken brothers; he missed his freedom from restraint, and he missed the deference so universally paid to him in Olney, where he was the only lion.

61 Verbs to Use for the Word  petting