Meanings of hug people in English

My life hadn't changed all that much and, as a Briton in the US, I really enjoyed not having to hug people.

And she shocked the predominantly male political establishment in Northern Ireland with her informality, her bad language and her tendency to hug people.

Kurt Angle is seen walking through the back, shaking hands and hugging people.

Even the reception staff were dancing and giggling and hugging people.

And hugging people in zero gee was harder than it sounded.

But post-match, he was seen hugging people, assumed to be his family, in the crowd.

We were kissing and hugging people all night.

All afternoon she had been meeting with people, talking to people, explaining to people, reassuring people, hugging people.

And the roar of a full-on firefight could be so reassuring that you wanted to run around hugging people afterward.

Irene followed, hugging people.

As Captain Johnson walked at the front of a march through the streets, he was seen hugging people he met.

Whereas Kate tends to keep a safe distance between herself and Queen Elizabeth's subjects, Meghan has no problems hugging people across the crowd-control barriers.

I have hugged people from every walk of life after a ball ricocheted off the crossbar and over the line in the final minute.