EMBRACED in a Sentence

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215 example sentences for EMBRACED, such as:

1. The brothers embraced each other.
2. She warmly and rapturously embraced me.
3. We allowed the warm water to embrace us.
4. Then, doffing their caps, they embraced.
5. She saw them embrace on the station platform.

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 Meanings and Examples of EMBRACED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
embrace
 v.  hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; hold close with the arms, usually as an expression of affection
Classic Sentence: (195 in 14 pages)
1  As soon as the bosom friend in question learnt of the newcomer's arrival, she ran down into the hall, and the two ladies kissed and embraced one another.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IX
2  These injunctions given, the father embraced his son, and set forth on his return; and though the son never again beheld his parent, the latter's words and precepts sank deep into the little Chichikov's soul.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
3  Host and guest embraced three times, according to a bygone custom of Russia.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
4  Then, doffing their caps, they embraced.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
5  For all answer Nikolai Petrovitch embraced him; but a year and a half passed after this conversation, before Pavel Petrovitch made up his mind to carry out his intention.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
6  Putting her into a comfortable armchair, he once more hurriedly embraced his father and introduced Arkady to him.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
7  As he said good-night to his mother, he kissed her on the forehead, while she embraced him, and stealthily behind his back she gave him her blessing three times.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
8  The brothers embraced each other.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
9  She warmly and rapturously embraced me.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: IX
10  He embraced his daughter, and then again Pierre, and kissed him with his malodorous mouth.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II
11  But notwithstanding this, Boris embraced him in a quiet, friendly way and kissed him three times.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII
12  He came up the stairs and embraced his sister.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER VIII
13  Pierre embraced him and lifting his spectacles kissed his friend on the cheek and looked at him closely.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XI
14  Russian and French officers embraced him, congratulated him, and pressed his hands.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XXI
15  He would have embraced her but, blushing, she stepped aside fearing to be rumpled.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  Some jurors even embraced the residents and congratulated lead plaintiffs' attorney George Chandler after the proceedings.
2  They embraced and wept and promised to keep in touch.
3  They have clearly embraced Western consumerism.
4  Most West European countries have embraced the concept of high-speed rail networks with enthusiasm.
5  Penelope came forward and embraced her sister.
6  That became the lodestar of his journalism, and was soon embraced by a generation.
7  The bishop helped foster the sense of a community embracing all classes.
8  We hope these regions will embrace democratic reforms.
9  Sally found it difficult to disengage herself from his embrace.
10  We must embrace the opportunities presented by the new media.
11  I want to spend the rest of my life,to embrace the beauty of nature.
12  She saw them embrace on the station platform.
13  They were locked in a passionate embrace on the station platform.
14  We allowed the warm water to embrace us.
15  This decade is the time to fully embrace diversity and demonstrate equal rights to all Americans in this country.