bear hug
Example Sentences
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Our critic praised the star for “his admirable ability to give audiences a big bear hug without leaving the stage.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
Yvonne Carvalho, a 5-foot dynamo with oversize black glasses and purple MAC lipstick, greeted the nurse anesthesiologist with a bear hug and questions about her dating life and her daughter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
Giant lineman JC Latham did not get the memo though as he gave Goodell a huge bear hug after being drafted by the Tennessee Titans.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2024
A warm tone was already set the previous day, when Milei embraced Francis with a bear hug at the end of a Mass to declare Argentina’s first female saint.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024
Her father was in the midst of giving Mrs. Odom a bear hug.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
