Collocations for "embrace"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "embrace" in context.
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embrace
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- they embraced
- embraced each other
- embrace your [child, parents]
- embraced her [husband, lover]
- embraced him [passionately, warmly]
- embraced her in a [tight, warm, bear] hug
- embraced with [excitement, joy, love]
- embraced and [kissed, comforted]
- embrace the [idea, thought, concept] of
- embrace the [words, philosophy, idea] of
- embrace [change, diversity]
- embrace [technology, the modern world, this new way of life, their culture]
- embrace [new, modern, 21st-century] technology
- (learn to) embrace your [differences, flaws]
- embrace [our, each other's] [differences]
- embrace [this opportunity, the possibility]
- fully embrace [the idea, life]
- in a [strong, long, warm, passionate] embrace
- [held, had] him in a [strong] embrace
- gave her a [warm] embrace
- were locked in a [passionate] embrace
- their embrace of new [ideas, ways, technology]
'embrace' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):