bear hug

Example Sentences

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Sullivan said, pulling his friend in for a bear hug as they both sobbed.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

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

And it imbues the foodstuffs, home goods, clothes, paraphernalia and tchotchkes that hail from here with a sort of unquantifiable, ineffable, sun-kissed, surf-adjacent vibe that wraps around you like a cartoon bear hug.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

Giant lineman JC Latham did not get the memo though as he gave Goodell a huge bear hug after being drafted by the Tennessee Titans.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2024

Then she surprised me, Mr. Stoll, and possibly even herself by grabbing me up in a bear hug.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick