Words similar to hugging

Example sentences for: hugging

How can you use “hugging” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

But then it began to occur to me that if I showed up alone at a public screening of Pokémon , I would soon begin to notice the parents of children hugging their young ones close to them as they eyed me with horror and suspicion.
He feels liberated but "looks like a man hugging a slot machine."
It was, says the Washington Post 's Lloyd Rose, the same old "people wearing dresses of varying embarrassment and crying and hugging and saying they loved each other."
Second, it's gratifyingly symmetrical, with the two consonants hugging that number in the middle.
The images flow thick: Whitman, baseball cap and all, mingling easily at what looks like a transportation event ("what she does, she does to help New Jersey"); Whitman behind a sign that trumpets her "Work First" program, then a shot of her hugging a politically correct mix of kids ("she loves this state").