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Example sentences for: hugs

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

By 1980 it was also being used widely in baseball, especially to welcome a player to the plate after a home run (and in this respect is similar to the hugs and other celebratory gestures used by British football players).
Often shrouded in mist, the two-lane road hugs the jagged coast and climbs the mountainside, clinging precariously to a narrow ledge.
The camera hugs his long torso and ropy muscles; starkly white against the black of the sky, he seems stripped down to pure hatred.
She's Ellie (Jodie Foster), a brilliant, idealistic scientist who, when things go wrong, hugs her knees to her chest.
(The moral: Whether getting laid consistently or not, people need hugs.)