Sentence examples for stiff hug from inspiring English sources

Terry greeted them each with a stiff hug.

As always, Pearl was dusting the counter when I entered and gave her a stiff hug.

I give Hilary a stiff hug and frown and say, ominously, "See you on the other side," as I board.

She pointed to each of them, then to Malinda one more time, and then she suggested that they take this as an opportunity to say their love, and so Molly turned to Mary and Melissa and said it, and finally suffered Malinda's stiff hug.

"Bye then," he says, turning to you and giving you a big stiff dad hug.

They shared a stiff, half-hug on stage, patting each other on the back in a perfunctory manner.

We had a stiff, wooden soldier-type hug.

She sat there rigid and stiff and refused his hug.

The totality of the carnage — the 2-for-13 ineptitude on third down; the 245 rushing yards allowed, the most under Ryan; the 145 yards amassed — infuriated Ryan, and he arrived in the interview room afterward looking like a man who needed a hug, a stiff drink or both.

By the time I met him, a few months after his stay at R.I.C., he could, when his mother asked, give her a hug, raising his stiff arms inch by inch and reaching outward, not enwrapping her but at least touching her rigidly on either side of her thick body.

The McCain hug looked as stiff as a puppet show, while the Obama hug looked as natural and graceful as a ballet.