have hugged
- present perfect of hug.
Example Sentences
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If he had been there, Deleon probably would have hugged her.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2024
More than 150 dogs had helped make the journey from Nenana, but after musher Gunnar Kaasen delivered the diphtheria medicine, he is said to have hugged Balto and declared, “Damn fine dog.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
Jacobs has denied harassing anyone, but said in deposition testimony that he may have hugged the officer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2022
“Some of us have hugged for the first time,” Abigail Quist, 37, Arq’s founder, said on a recent Friday afternoon, at Arq’s headquarters in McMinnville.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2021
If Mandy had been in the coach with me, she would have hugged me and I could have cried as long as I liked.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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