Curtains rubbed against it and Susanne immediately snapped her hand to her chest as if burned.

NEWYORKER: The Yellow

The big cat was a friendly one and rubbed against ye but it stayed in the front room all the time and was down by the window or else on grannie's bed.

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He said that the policemen had splashed soapy water on the floor and walls of the cell, as they usually did, and that the old man, who had not bathed in a week, had yanked his shirt off and rubbed his frail back against the wet floor.

NEWYORKER: Cell One