bear-hugged; bear-hugging; bear-hugs
: to embrace in a bear hug
: a rough tight embrace
Examples of bear-hug in a Sentence
Verb
elated team members bear-hugging everyone in sight
Noun
He gave his brother a bear hug.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 May 2025
Safdie had designed two pink granite 60-story massive towers, almost bear-hugging each other.
—Ed Wallace, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Laura Ness, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
But the priest is one of them; he is welcomed with warm smiles, bear hugs, and handshakes.
—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Gypsy also scored a nomination for Joy Woods, who plays the actual title role as Momma Rose’s daughter Louise, and for the bear-hug of a performer who is Danny Burstein, while Camille A. Brown’s choreography was recognized but George C. Wolfe’s direction wasn’t.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 May 2025
Safdie had designed two pink granite 60-story massive towers, almost bear-hugging each other.
—Ed Wallace, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
The coffee cake has great crumb to density ratio, the cowboy cookie is a decadent meal in itself, and the massive chocolate chip cookie is like a big bear hug of chocolate chunks.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
But the priest is one of them; he is welcomed with warm smiles, bear hugs, and handshakes.
—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Bear-hug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear-hug. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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