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
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
Thomas said his goodbyes to offensive line coach Tim Drevno and director of football performance Keith Belton in person, Belton wrapping him in a tight embrace.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 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
The Matabele woman grasped her from the front, holding her in a tight embrace, and the spirit of Long Teats suddenly fled into the blinding sunlight.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
