"Touch" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
To make physical contact with something or someone, often lightly.
Example: She touched his arm to get his attention.
To have a gentle or slight effect on someone or something.
Example: The rain will touch the soil tomorrow.
To be in contact with someone or something.
Example: Have you been in touch with your sister recently?
To have a particular skill or quality.
Example: She has a touch for business and is very successful.
To reach or come into contact with the bottom or surface of something.
Example: The boat touched the ground.
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He needed to touch the stereo controls to turn up the music.
Sentence 2
The doctor told her to touch nothing but her index finger on the thermometer.
Sentence 3
I try to touch base with my sister once a week.
Sentence 4
Her hair was so fragile that it would break if you even touched it.
Sentence 5
The baby's developing sense of touch was quite sensitive, so her doctor said to be careful not to hurt her.
A touchdown is a score in several sports, including American football and rugby, when a player carries or catches the ball into the end zone of the opponent's field.