Verb We hugged briefly, and then it was time to say goodbye. I hugged my knees to my chest. The road hugs the river. The boat hugged the shore.
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Instead of supporting from a very long distance, Grace was able to hug her son and share a moment the two will never forget. Marlee Zanna Thompson, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2022 Comfy dishes would hug my fingertips, and the keys required a noticeable amount of travel, 1.5 mm, to actuate, ensuring the scissor switches never felt mushy or flat but, rather, tactile. Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 8 July 2022 Varona, deported to Mexico in 2011 after living in the U.S. for 18 years, was able to hug her daughter for the first time in more than a decade. Alexandra Mendozawriter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2022 This is okay, too; just love him and hug him through it. Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 The leading purveyor of unnerving weather systems is Froggy’s Fog of Tennessee, and among its newest technology is the Poseidon A2, designed to generate a fog layer that will hug the ground of any decent graveyard. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2022 Jeb arrives home, and his daughters hug him and warmly welcome him. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022 But Miah’s family has been unable to hug her because of the bullet fragments embedded in her back and in the back of her head, said an aunt, Kimberly Veloz.New York Times, 27 May 2022 Homes hug the south shore of Bear Lake on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hugga to soothe