Words similar to licking

Example sentences for: licking

How can you use “licking” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

As played by Matt Damon, this Ripley's chief talent is for licking his lips and looking clammily out of place.
He was also once photographed licking whipped cream off a buxom woman's breasts.
("The flames of hedonism, the flames of narcissism, the flames of self-centered morality are licking at the very foundation of society."
Her face beamed with adoration as she explored his body, her tongue licking him slowly as she moved ever closer to his sword of love (Lewinsky, Pages 12-24; see also Linda Tripp tape transcripts, Pages 11-34).
I hope this isn't a sign that SLATE will follow the lead of many of its print counterparts by licking every crumb from New York's cultural plate while completely ignoring major events that occur elsewhere.