Example Sentences

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When some of the store’s early merchandise fell flat with San Francisco’s younger shoppers, Doris stepped in and began choosing which Levi’s styles to carry, including hip huggers and bell bottoms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

So-called job huggers, people who stay in their jobs, can also try to focus on projects that energize them, or ask to switch teams or managers to make their workdays better, according to Glassdoor’s report.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026

Little is known plot-wise, but it's expected to, as always, feature xenomorphs - savage aliens that reproduce by using face huggers to implant their eggs in living bodies.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023

The meeting was held in a campground outside of Los Alamos, and we were a scruffy-looking bunch of backpackers and tree huggers.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2023

“I do miss them. They were good people. Not huggers or the types to go to pieces over loving someone. But good people.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt