tight embrace
Example Sentences
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There the pair shared a tight embrace – a goodbye of sorts.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
Mariche reaches down to cradle Autje's face and then pulls her into a tight embrace, both shaking with sobs.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2023
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
Nearby, Paulina Marinkovic, a 34-year-old Chilean climate change consultant, danced in a tight embrace and no mask, her eyes closed.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
Mae and Birdie surrounded me in a tight embrace and let me sob away.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
