957 examples of hug in sentences

But bees, though, as dainty as they, hug their favorite flowers with profound cordiality, and push their blunt, polleny faces against them, like babies on their mother's bosom.

They had meant to hug the right bank, but snow and ice refashion the world and laugh at the trustful geography of men.

A right buxom wight was he, comfortable and round, who, though hurried along in the archer's lusty grip, smiled placidly, and spake him sweetly thus: "Hug me not so lovingly, good youth; abate abate thy hold upon my tender nape lest, sweet lad, the holy Saint Amphibalus strike thee deaf, dumb, blind, and latterly, dead.

Mark Twain gave him a hug and said how much he had enjoyed his company.

It was short and fierce, his object evidently being to crush me in his giant grip, mine to oppose science to strength, and avoid his bear-hug.

(e) Masters were cautioned to hug the coast, as far as navigational facilities admitted, when making coastal passages.

A typical route order from New York to Liverpool might be as follows: "After passing Sandy Hook, hug the coast until dark, then make a good offing before daylight and steer to pass through the following positions, viz: Lat.

14° W. "Thence make the coast near the Skelligs approximately at daylight, hug the Irish coast to the Tuskar, up the Irish coast (inside the banks if possible), and across the Irish Channel during dark hours.

Thence hug the coast to your port; zigzag by day and night after passing, Long.

20° W." Sometimes ships were directed to cross to the English coast from the south of Ireland, and to hug the English coast on their way north.

Generally speaking, the traffic in home waters was directed to hug the coast as closely as safe navigation permitted.

Hug the coast, following round the bays, except when passing Torbay.

Pass close south of the Shambles and steer for Anvil Point, thence hug the coast, following round the bays.

I" Alice now flung her arms around her friend, and gave her a little hug, as she cried: "Oh, Eva, it's you who've been good.

[He will not lose his time by being busy, or make so poor a use of the world as to hug and embrace it.

"Time's up!" There was one kiss, one hug, and the brave girl was led away.

[i.e., the Cornish hug in wrestling].

Dey didn't put dey arms around you and hug you and den put you off to sleep.

As my little pet, Lily L., said to me last night, when she had very nearly squeezed the breath out of my body, "I love you a great deal harder than I hug you"; so I say to youI love you harder than I tell, or can tell you.

KURT the fierce and JACOBUS the sleek hug each other in frantic endeavor to be released.

Fat burghers hug each other, and laugh and cry.

Hattula Moholy-Nagy Hug (C); 2Dec77; R682508. R682509.

" Captain Colden, adhering to his resolution to take the advice of his new friends, crept along the line, telling the men in sharp whispers to hug the earth, a command that they obeyed willingly, as the darkness, the silence and the mysterious nature of the danger had begun to weigh heavily upon their nerves.

Alexis and the tavern-keeper usedwhen they were taking a social cup togetherto hug each other without a word.

Selfishly exultant, I hug the book more closely, turn to steal a glance at my defeated rival, and recogniseMademoiselle Dufresnoy.

957 examples of  hug  in sentences