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hugging

noun as in embrace

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noun as in hug

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Example Sentences

“Simple joys of life—hugging, kissing, coloring—they have been taken away,” she says.

Instead, break out a form-fitting garment — think skinny jeans or a curve-hugging dress.

“They were all hugging on Roy, they connected to him somehow,” Fredinburg said.

That gave a huge advantage to the sunny Republican prone to hugging supporters.

Look, there are people out here who have been hugging me when they find out I came from New York.

In a moment more Lawrence was in the arms of Dan Sherman, who was hugging him, laughing and crying at the same time.

Little Colonel comes cautiously into the room, hugging the wall till he is back at the fireside.

But the step that would raise one above all the little fumbling, blind-spawning, life hugging bipeds who infested the scene.

Oh, Gale, but Im glad to see you, the girl from the ranch house declared hugging the foremost one of the visitors.

"Oh," cried Betty, hugging Amy ecstatically, simply because she happened to be the nearest one to hug.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hugging, such as: squeeze, and hug.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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