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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:

She's Ellie (Jodie Foster), a brilliant, idealistic scientist who, when things go wrong, hugs her knees to her chest.
The camera hugs his long torso and ropy muscles; starkly white against the black of the sky, he seems stripped down to pure hatred.
Portugal’s prosperous second city, Porto (also written Oporto in English, meaning “the Port”), hugs a gorge at the mouth of the Douro river.
The tiny area called Anafiotika hugs the high ground immediately below the Acropolis.
Everything about him--his body, his ranch, his Lincolns, his bear hugs, but most of all, his voice--seemed ridiculously out of proportion.