tight embrace

Example Sentences

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There the pair shared a tight embrace – a goodbye of sorts.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

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

Standing out there, poised to catch Edwards in a tight embrace, was Stanley.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2024

The institutional bureaucracies of museums and art schools that had grown up with it gathered the politics into a tight embrace.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2021

Without saying a word, he pulls Mustafa and me into a tight embrace for what seems like a long time before letting us go.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan