bear hug

Example Sentences

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Proctor nodded along as Coen spoke and enveloped his attorney, Tom Yu, in a bear hug after the ruling was finalized.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

I've posted it on social media and it shows me going over to give him a bear hug, but it is him who ends up lifting me off the ground.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Yvonne Carvalho, a 5-foot dynamo with oversize black glasses and purple MAC lipstick, greeted the nurse anesthesiologist with a bear hug and questions about her dating life and her daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

A warm tone was already set the previous day, when Milei embraced Francis with a bear hug at the end of a Mass to declare Argentina’s first female saint.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024

I threw down my books, ducked his bear hug, and scampered up the mountainside and disappeared into the woods.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam