Sentence examples for firm hug from inspiring English sources

Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina walked in and gave Mr. Podesta a firm hug; he gave her a peck on the cheek.

But as the jury's verdict was read, she gasped, and slipped her arm around Mr. Bruck's waist to give him a quick, firm, hug.

Another afternoon, while he was at the police station reporting more threatening calls, an officer leaned in and asked, "How are you doing with all this?" The burly copper gripped him in a quick, firm hug.

And then find your grandmother and give her a nice, firm hug.

Give your Kids a Hug: In midst of a tantrum and a time crunch, try giving your children a firm hug.

I stood up but was startled when he grabbed my upper arms firmly and pulled me to him, giving me a big, firm hug.

The stripes formed a firm serpentine hug up the hips and around the bosom, sculpturing the wearer into an Art Deco fertility vase.

Luka Modric was given a particularly extended and firm bear-hug, as well as what looked like a few words of encouragement.

The men's Baltoro 70 and the women's counterpart, the Deva 70, feature hypercomfortable suspension systems whose adjustable straps make it feel like the pack is giving you a firm but gentle hug.

Ann Marie Sabath, the founder of At Ease Inc., a business etiquette training firm, deemed the hugging "perfectly fine" and said that once Mr. McCain, the top rooster in the pecking order, started the hugging, Ms. Palin was welcome to initiate a hug with him.

The 40-year-old scion still revels in how his father, Comcast Chairman Ralph Roberts, patriarch of the Philadelphia family that founded the firm in 1963, hugged him and said how proud he was that Brian had pulled off the deal.