petted

She actually petted Kate's arm when she met her at a reception last night.

Her hand tightened on mine and her head fell back upon my shoulder, but she still trembled and I petted her and comforted her.

You think being petted by Michelle Obama and lounging in the Oval Office is enough to make a dog happy?

Gilbert was one of those petted individuals who carry the good-will of others by storm.

She's just been petted at home, and praised and sheltered so much, that she didn't have a chance to show what she really was.

He was the image of Juana, who secretly petted him extravagantly, although she pretended to like her younger son the better.

She was a petted beauty, this Rosamond, and being seventeen was both much admired and sought after.

Uncle Peter petted her, and even Miss Grundy had more than once admitted that "she was about as good as young ones would average."