tight embrace
Example Sentences
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Back at Hamidia Hospital, Alzain, whose left eye was operated on after he lost his vision, sits inside the tight embrace of his mother.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
Once Chantel returns home and finishes Sydney’s braids, T.J. sends the chef off with a tight embrace and the ultimate compliment.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2025
It casually wraps an airy open terrace glimpsed on an upper level, while the adjacent sculpture compresses space in a tight embrace, the sky glimpsed through a narrow aperture at the top.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
The milonga, tango’s natural habitat, is usually an enclosed space full of moving bodies, in which partners switch multiple times over the course of long evenings, sharing a tight embrace with each new matchup.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
Fawkes went whooshing past Harry’s ear and settled on Dumbledore’s shoulder, just as Harry found himself and Ron being swept into Mrs. Weasley’s tight embrace.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
