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:

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."
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").
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.
You can stay up as in keeping awake, or stay down as in hugging the boxing ring mat for fear of your opponent, yet to stay up can be the opposite of to stay down—it just depends on the context.
Bay Street runs along the harbor-front, where you’ll find a small straw market — five or six colorful stalls hugging the beach — and the tourist office at the end of the jetty.