She longed for a hug from her mother.

Meaning: This means that she really wanted her mother to hold her and comfort her.

Choice of Words: Longed means to have a strong desire for something. Hug is an embrace with arms around someone.

Alternative Expressions

The little girl yearned for her mother's embrace.

Meaning: This sentence conveys a similar meaning to the first one, but it uses different words to describe the desire for a hug and the person who is the object of that desire.

Choice of Words: The little girl refers to a young female child. Yearned means to have a strong desire or longing for something. For indicates the object of the desire. Her mother's embrace refers to the hug or comforting hold of the child's mother.

The child desperately craved the warmth of her mother's arms.

Meaning: This sentence emphasizes the intensity of the child's desire for a hug from her mother and the sense of comfort and warmth that she associates with her mother's embrace.

Choice of Words: The child refers to a young person. Desperately means with great intensity or need. Craved means to have a strong desire or longing for something. The warmth refers to the feeling of comfort and affection. Of her mother's arms indicates the source of the desired warmth and comfort.

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