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How to use hug in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Hug means a close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, or the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace). Example: “Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.”

Examples of hug by meaning

verbTo crouch; to huddle as with cold.

  • She put her feet on a rung and hugged down against her knees, making herself even smaller.2014, Thomas Gifford, The Cavanaugh Quest
  • Zhai Tingshen stood at the window upstairs, his black eyes staring intently at the figure that was tightly hugged below.2020, Zhenyinfang, Marital Passion

verbTo embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.

  • Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.
  • They hugged for what seemed like an eternity.

verbTo stay close to.

  • to hug the shore, to hug the coastline
  • Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
  • Gourock also boasted a pier railway, although its pier hugged the shore rather than jutting into the bay.2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 60

More sentences with hug

  • The vine begirdled the tree, wrapping around its trunk as though trying to hug it.From the entry begirdle
  • I want to give you a kiss and a hug.From the entry give
  • Granddad scooped up the child in a big bear hug.From the entry bear hug
  • This car really hugs the road.From the entry road
  • Sure, almost everything 'causes cancer' now. That said, I don't go hugging nuclear waste or acting like cancer itself is some conspiracy.From the entry cancer
  • Two girls help me to my feet, hug me, skunking me with perfume.2024 May 16, Tim Booth, When I Died for the First Time, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry skunk
  • It was too hot for hugging but, unlike Phoebe ,she couldn't ignore a human being in pain.2024, Annie Darling, A Change of Heart at the Vintage Dress Shop, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry you problem
  • "Not just tomorrow-tomorrow but the coming overmorrows and beyond that." I smiled hugging him abruptly.2023 May 1, Vanshika Nagar, chapter 36, in Mayhem of Our Love (Our Love Series; 1), [S.l.]: Vanshika Nagar, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry overmorrow
  • The overwhelming sense is of a lonely, disappointed man in desperate need of a hug.2022 November 16, Fiona Sturges, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry review – being Chandler Bing”, in The Guardian. From the entry pain in the backside
  • England's funiculars mostly hug the coast, and this is no coincidence.2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 50. From the entry funicular
  • There are knock-knocks and you-made-its, hugs and lots of luggage and bottles of wine.2017 November 22, Sam Sifton, “Thanksgiving Leftovers Fit for a King”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry knock-knock
  • Two costumed Easter Bunnies, handing out plastic, candy-filled eggs and hugging children, hopped in our ranks.2016, Richard J. Gonzales, “Conclusion”, in Raza Rising: Chicanos in North Texas, University of North Texas Press, →ISBN, page 287. From the entry Easter Bunny
  • Here’s a riddle: What do you call a dollop of cookie dough hugged by fudgy brownie batter?2016, Sheila G. Mains, Sheila G’s Butter & Chocolate: 101 Creative Sweets and Treats Using Brownie Batter, Lanham, Md.: Kyle Books, →ISBN…. From the entry brown sugary
  • As long as they make you feel like you want to hug and protect them, that's enough!2015 December 9, Jankenpopp, “Top 15 kawaii and moe anime girls”, in My Anime List. From the entry moe
  • Then my little white-haired mother Jean Eagle ooched in for her hug.2015, Emily Sue Harvey, Space, [United States]: The Story Plant, →ISBN. From the entry ooch
  • Two seconds later, the two guys were in one of those slap-on-the-back bro hugs.2013, Heather Burch, Avenger, Zondervan, →ISBN. From the entry bro hug
  • She simply dropped her face onto his chest and hugged him tight.2012, Kenn Joubert, The Early Years. From the entry liefling
  • This was followed by "XOXOXOXO", which, of course, was hugs and kisses.2011, Rhonda K. Kindig, Found in Translation, →ISBN, page 105. From the entry lol
  • Much of the lycra on show began life hugging torsos on other continents.2009 January 16, Xan Rice, “One man's quest to find first black winner of the Tour de France”, in The Guardian. From the entry lycra
  • A resort town of the same name hugs the lake’s south shore and offers a multiseason retreat.2008 February 29, Sam Hooper Samuels, “A Relaxed Mountain Retreat That Offers More Than Snow”, in New York Times. From the entry multiseason
  • He greeted Faina exuberantly giving her a big hug as he affectionally called her babulia, grandmother.[2008, Joan Heron, “Thursdays with Faina”, in Chai Budesh? Anyone for Tea? A Peace Corps Memoir of Turkmenistan, Baltimore, Md.…. From the entry babulia
  • Just before he turned the knob, he spun around to give me a quick hug.2007, Wendy French, Full of It, New York, NY: Forge Books, →ISBN, page unknown. From the entry touchy-feeler
  • I waited patiently for her to stop hugging the berm to keep distance from fast moving traffic.2006, Jeanne Elizabeth Siphron, Fit to be crazy: living with lithium and manic depression, →ISBN. From the entry hell-bent for leather
  • Uma Thurman hugs me good-bye, and we agree to become Friendsters.2005, Chuck Klosterman, Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story, Scribner, →ISBN, page 164. From the entry Friendster
  • Someday I'll thank her in person with a big hug instead of only a cyberhug.2003, Dana Carpender, How I Gave Up My Low-Fat Diet and Lost 40 Pounds. From the entry cyberhug
  • This helluv hurts.” We grownups burst out laughing, and I hugged her bony adolescent shoulders.2002, Peggy Vincent, Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife, page 225. From the entry helluv
  • I gave her a warm hug, and she looked both pleased and surprised.2001, Margaret Tessler, chapter 30, in Tangled Webs, [Philadelphia, Pa.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 175. From the entry mija
  • McMahon was hugging Carter and trying to eye-lock me at the same time.1999, Jody Jaffe, In Colt Blood, page 112. From the entry eye-lock
  • Vanucci even kissed me and hugged me close to her ample, warm, tomato-saucy bosom.1998, Patricia Johnson Eilola, A Finntown of the Heart, St. Cloud, Minn.: North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc., →ISBN, page 42. From the entry tomato-saucy
  • God, i am sooo unworthy of even hugging such a noble creature.1997 March 14, Growltiger, “Furry sexuality”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet). From the entry footpaw
  • The hugs and kisses associated with sleeptime are noticeably absent in correction.1995, Gary Ezzo, Robert Bucknam, “Some Thoughts about Discipline”, in On Becoming Babywise; Book Two: Parenting Your Pre-Toddler Five to…. From the entry sleeptime
  • Kiss the alt.1der to your left and hug the one on your right.1994 May 16, The Great Gonzo, “I wandered lonely”, in alt.1d (Usenet), retrieved 18 Apr 2022. From the entry alt.1der
  • First a great big hug to Lynette for her tips on makeup, and shaving.1993 March 2, Kelley Ann Lewis/Stephen Hathorne, “today”, in alt.transgendered (Usenet), retrieved 21 Mar 2022. From the entry electro

Meaning of hug

  1. noun A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, or the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace).
  2. noun A particular grip in wrestling.
  3. verb To crouch; to huddle as with cold.

Full definition of hug

Questions about hug in a sentence

How do you use hug in a sentence?
Hug is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.”
What is a short sentence with hug?
“This car really hugs the road.”
What does hug mean?
Hug means a close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, or the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hug (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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