It was the missionary at Sunrise, a newcomer in the country, who spoke the kind word and gave the soft stroke of the hand.

At other times the artist uses soft strokes with his palm, or a piece of bread.

I don't hold up Photoshop's brush as the standard but clearly it is harder to make a soft stroke in Acorn.

The follow through is reduced or even omitted after softer strokes.

His voice caressed the air like the soft stroke of a whip, playful and threatening.

Using the wedding-night signal of "three soft strokes on the chamber door" he is allowed access to Monimia's bedroom.

It was a good piece of work, she supposed, moving closer to study the soft strokes, the dreamy colors.

In this book, Diane's softer stroke is dominant.

She felt the soft stroke of a tissue along her cheek.

One soft stroke at a time, she wiped away the blood upward until she reached the seeping wound.