Example Sentences

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I will return to my school in the north and meet my colleagues and students, and I will hug them a lot.

From Slate • Jan. 18, 2025

"Very soon our guys will hug their families and friends and celebrate the New Year on their native land," she said in an accompanying message.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

Highs over the weekend will hug either side of 60 degrees, as lows bounce around the low to mid 50s, close to normal for this time of year.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

Second, if you decide that your child will hug if he wants to and eat what he wants to, how can you smoothly handle this so that you aren’t purposely shaming your family members?

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2022

“Kids will hug you to death. And that’s what you like best of all.”

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George