Used in a Sentence

touched

How to use touched in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for touched.

Editorial note

Say something to the effect of “touched base with each of you and wanted to follow up.

Examples9
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

having come into contact

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of touched gathered in one view.

adjective

having come into contact

adjective

being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion; "too moved to speak"; "very touched by the stranger's kindness"

adjective

slightly insane

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for touched.

adjective

having come into contact

adjective

being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion; "too moved to speak"; "very touched by the stranger's kindness"

adjective

slightly insane

Example sentences

1

Say something to the effect of “touched base with each of you and wanted to follow up.

2

This is what slows down operations like "git blame": they have to search every commit to see if it touched a file.

3

I was deeply touched while reading this piece - I felt that Powell was speaking almost directly to me. I was one of those children who suffered from a learning challenge.

4

I touched on it earlier, but fixing 5 small easy things sometimes looks better to a maintainer than fixing 1 regular thing.

5

What percentage of US commodities and securities transactions are touched by Linux?

6

With 2-6 hens, the flock is more centered around the human, allow themselves to be touched and hand fed, and exhibit recognizable personalities.

7

" I view my recovery as a never-ending process; even though I haven't touched the substances themselves in ages, I'm still dealing with the consequences.

8

With virtual memory totally disabled, a 1 GB malloc takes 1 GB physical memory even if it's not touched, you can't have swap at all, memory fragmentation kills you dead, etc.

9

During that time, the female arresting officer would periodically come by to taunt me, and tell me that I shouldn't have questioned her, and then threw a huge tantrum when I requested not to be touched by her for fingerprinting.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use touched in a sentence?

Say something to the effect of “touched base with each of you and wanted to follow up.

What does touched mean?

having come into contact

What part of speech is touched?

touched is commonly used as adjective.