| The manatees performed headstands and even nudged them with their noses to get scratched and petted. |
| LêPhan snuggles in, petted by the others, until suddenly the attention is too much. |
| She said that at the end of the school day Jack makes his way to the playground where he is petted and spoilt by the children. |
| I sat down on the stairs, petted Cleo, leafed through my stack of mail piled in a mound on the bottom stair. |
| Rainier is first said to have impressed her by the amicableness with which he petted and played with his tigers. |
| There is a dog who barks unless she is petted continuously, so people take turns petting her. |
