Example Sentences

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The Princess of Wales has hugged and congratulated a young mother celebrating the completion of her course of chemotherapy.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The CDC currently considers exposure—or “close contact”—to include anyone who has hugged, been coughed on by, or spent 15 minutes within six feet of someone with COVID-19.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2020

In a personal reckoning over the issue, he has apologized for the way he has hugged and affectionately greeted women, explaining that his instinct comes from an earlier era.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2020

As Slovakia has progressed towards Europe’s core it has hugged its largest trading partner, and Europe’s paymaster, close.

From Economist • Jun. 18, 2015

She has hugged the worst of her children to her breast, has borne their shame that she might save them, because she is a mother; yet she has saints to show by the thousands.

From Charred Wood by Shepherd, J. Clinton