embrace
verb (used with object)
to take or clasp in the arms; press to the bosom; hug.
embraceable
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a word derived from
embrace.
Example Sentences
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It’s a wholly admirable, workmanlike performance: technically impressive if not charismatically embraceable.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2021
Despite being a huge jerk, Rick is an embraceable hero because he has an itch for dismantling oppressive systems.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2021
It’s still not as embraceable as other DC televised brethren but has unlimited potential, thanks to the study of some legendary comic book characters.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
There is something endearing about this vulnerability in Bryant, something embraceable in the fears he surely shares with many others at the end of their careers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2015
When I was your stiddy, my loveliest Lyddy, And you my embraceable she, In joys and diversions, the king of the Persians Had nothing on me.
From Tobogganing on Parnassus by Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce) Adams
