Whitney lurched to a sitting position, her face flushed, and he began smoothing her hair.

Back in the shop, I began smoothing the drawer fronts, forcing myself to take my time.

She frowned, hardly realizing it until his finger began smoothing her forehead.

Sareitha began slowly smoothing her skirts under his gaze, seemingly unaware of doing so.

Abruptly she began smoothing her skirts, and her voice became almost conversational.

Eventually he reached up and began smoothing his hair.

She sat up and began smoothing her clothes.

She began smoothing her hair and skirts, then stopped herself in disgust.

The first indication was an obvious one to his crew because he began smoothing his mostly invisible mustache.

Hood's eyes closed again; his face began smoothing toward sleep.