hug

Example Sentences

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I’d flown 35 hours to be here, playing Frogger with San Salvador traffic, dodging motorbikes, arms already open for a hug I’d been planning for years.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

So on the street, people feel free to come up, give you a hug and start talking to you.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

"We are waiting for their return to France so we can give them a big hug," Anne-Laure Paris, Jacques Paris's daughter, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Mrs Hatton said her son had told her: "Don't worry mum, I'll be sorted" and said he gave her a hug that "almost broke my ribs".

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

When the door slid shut behind him, my mom wasted no time in unhooking my simulation probes so she could give me a tight hug.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin