bear-hugged; bear-hugging; bear-hugs
: to embrace in a bear hug
: a rough tight embrace
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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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Steven Levy, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
Addison extended beyond the Bears defense to snatch a 45-yarder while being bear-hugged in the first half.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
And so begins a back-and-forth with the two icons that continues for several minutes, with Curtis eventually throwing herself onto Martindale in a bear hug with a big kiss.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Even as Apple is bear-hugging machine learning, the executives caution that the embrace is, in a sense, business as usual for them.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
Addison extended beyond the Bears defense to snatch a 45-yarder while being bear-hugged in the first half.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Noun
Dawson lifted Ait-Nouri off the ground in a bear hug before shoving him unceremoniously down the tunnel.
—Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
And so begins a back-and-forth with the two icons that continues for several minutes, with Curtis eventually throwing herself onto Martindale in a bear hug with a big kiss.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Bear-hug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bear-hug. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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