touching

Definition

  • adjective: having a strong emotional effect
  • adjective: capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion
  • preposition: in reference to

Examples

  • They were standing side-by-side with their shoulders 'touching'.

  • The temperature outside was 'touching' 38 degrees Celsius.

  • Their story was deeply/very 'touching'. [='moving']

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) -Shit! -Don't touch me. -I'm not. -Your hand's in my face. -It's not. -Am I touching you? -Your hand's in my face. -Move. -I didn't touch you. -You just touched me. -You made me touch you. (..)
    2001 Ocean's Eleven
  • (..) ...and its elevator shut down for two minutes. That's when we go. You're in the middle of the room, feet from everything . You have to get to the door without touching the floor. What do you do? -Ten says he shorts it. -Twenty. Window or aisle, boys? Yeah, we're in deep shit. (..)
    2001 Ocean's Eleven