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:

A favorite boat ride from Santa Margherita is the cluster of former fishing villages called the Cinque Terre, cliff-clinging hamlets hugging a stretch of coastline reminiscent of the Mediterranean one hundred years ago.
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").
Second, it's gratifyingly symmetrical, with the two consonants hugging that number in the middle.
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."