She walked softly round to her mother’s chair, and put her arms round her neck.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

In Courts and Palaces he also Reigns And in luxurious Cities, where the noyse Of riot ascends above thir loftiest Towrs, And injury and outrage:
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

Then, excited by the brandy, the old man seized the pugilist round the waist, shook him for a few moments as he would have done with a little child, and pitched him at random to the other side of the road.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Her lover, for such he was, sat her down at the foot of the couch, and passing his arm round her neck, preluded with a kiss fervently applied to her lips, that visibly gave her life and spirit to go through with the scene; and as he kissed, he gently inclined her head, till it fell back on a pillow disposed to receive it, and leaning himself down all the way with her, at once countenanced and endeared her fall to her.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

She came up to Lady Caroline and put her arms round her mother's neck with a caressing movement.
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury and outrage; and, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Elsie went up to her cousin, and put her arms round her.
— from The Girl from Arizona by Nina Rhoades

This added considerably to his character, and procured him additional respect.
— from The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton

Uncle Chris threw away his cigar, and put his arms round Jill.
— from The Little Warrior by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

"I say," she murmured, all at once coming and putting her arms round him prettily, "why don't you like me?"
— from Germinal by Émile Zola

Ingeborg got up and came and put her arms round his neck and whispered.
— from The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth Von Arnim

“Be quiet, Billy,” said the visitor, calmly; and, putting his arm round the boy's neck, drew him to his side, and detached the handkerchief, all in a certain paternal way that seemed to betoken a kindly disposition.
— from Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade

But before the scheme for the cutting off of Moncey had even begun to be carried out, Castaños and Palafox had a rude awakening.
— from A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809 From the Treaty of Fontainbleau to the Battle of Corunna by Charles Oman

St. Lawrence Hall, in King street, is a stately structure, in the Italian style, surmounted by a dome, containing a public hall and reading-room.
— from Peculiarities of American Cities by Willard W. Glazier