I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
how
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What it must be like! How touching .
very
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Sentimental, yes, but ultimately very touching .
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The care with which Christians had treasured their Bibles, prayer books and hymn books was very touching .
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Such graves, despite their isolation and neglect, are very touching .
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There was something very touching , Ena, thought, about a kiddy with gaps.
■ NOUN
distance
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That Banbridge put themselves within touching distance of their first title since 1988 owes much to their battling qualities.
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Soap opera had come to life within touching distance .
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I can't get near him, you know, not within touching distance .
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Yet the figure was still beyond touching distance .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Fox gave a touching tribute to his late father.
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It was touching to see them together. They were obviously still in love after thirty years of marriage.
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It was a touching scene when old Mr Adams received his leaving present.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He found her solicitude touching but Modigliani dismissed her, calling her a milksop.
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He remembered the shoulders, narrow, somehow touching .
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Ships steamed, highways snaked, houses clustered, all, from this height, orderly, and in their smallness touching .
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Suddenly the humour, the absurd, tender, touching poetry of the whole thing, made me smile.
II. preposition
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Feingold will give evidence touching on the current case.