cuddle

But a 5-year-old can’t cuddle a compound-interest chart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Though they love a good cuddle, they’re vicious predators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Clover, who is of above-average intelligence and can—not to boast—twirl, kiss, cuddle, speak, “inside speak,” and perform most of the standard pup party tricks, struggled with it even after a week of dedicated training.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026

Sea lions are thigmotactic, a scientific term for very social creatures who like to cuddle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

You go to live in a big city and have your English there to cuddle you.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

"He was giving me cuddles when I put shampoo in his hair."

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

A message from the nursery to Kyle, 40, and Sheena, 38, said Skye had received "lots of cuddles and is absolutely fine".

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

She cuddles next to me when I’m sick and sits on my chest when I cry.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2025

“Lots of cuddles, silence and hugs,” said Marcovitz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

Zola scoots onto the bed and cuddles Rosetta.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

"Tommy will rest his head on mine, he likes to be cuddled but this is the first time he has shown me any real emotion, and it means so much," James adds.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025

A new study -- published in the Human-Animal Interactions journal -- reveals that cows who are cuddled as therapy animals showed a strong preference for interactions with women when compared to men.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

Rahena pulled her daughter into her lap and cuddled her.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024

Parker nodded toward the second-story window, where they could see Hazel and Sophie cuddled up with the nanny.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2023

There she turned to him and Claudio cuddled her in his mammoth arms.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

That’s part of the film’s genius, something that was difficult to see 25 years ago, when the most intimate relationship most people had with technology was cuddling up with their TiVo every night.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Video from the group captured the tiny cubs crying, feeding and cuddling with their mom, but mostly the family sleeps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Love is in the air - and apparently the vegetable crates - after a pair of "cuddling carrots" were discovered among the fresh produce donated to a food recycling organisation.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

Since the elevators can be slow, staff spend a decent amount of time absorbed in the daily rhythms of Claude, who likes cuddling with snapping turtles and holding his own hand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2025

When I gave him a thorough tickling session and some tremendous raspberries on his belly, he cheered, cuddling up to me.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer