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Meanings of
embracement
in English
Portuguese
abraço
Catalan
abraçada
Spanish
abrazo
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The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
embrace
embracing
Portuguese
abraço
Usage of
embracement
in English
1
Five bus-loads of boys and girls, singing or in a silent
embracement
,
rolled past them over the vitrified highway.
2
He had seen the beginning of what promised to be an endless passionate
embracement
,
and at the sight he had fled.
3
If they be aswoon for this their foregathering and
embracement
,
they will come to themselves, and if otherwise, do thou flee.
4
Both depicting journeys of discovery,
embracement
,
dignity and self; and for the rest of us a lesson to remember to look beyond the shadows.
5
His arms are carelessly used, as if their best use was nothing but
embracements
.
6
When he was come, a thousand huggings, a thousand
embracements
,
a thousand good days were given.
7
9 That I may more delight in your
embracement
dear.'
8
After the ordinary
embracements
,
which were more tender than ever, he enquired if none were sick within the college?
9
5 In wanton lust and lewd
embracement
:
10
5 Coyly rebutted his
embracement
light;
11
The sight of the saint, and his
embracements
,
gave such consolations to Anger, that he no longer doubted of receiving an entire satisfaction from him.
12
Thy
embracements
are more delicate than those of a young bride with her lover, and to be divorced from thee is half to be damned!
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
lewd embracement
passionate embracement
silent embracement
Translations for
embracement
Portuguese
abraço
Catalan
abraçada
Spanish
abrazo
Embracement
through the time