Somewhere in the middle of it all Tyler swept Cheyenne into his arms and kissed her hard and possessively on the mouth, and her body reacted instantly with a moist, warm flooding of desire, and she kissed him back, clingingly, belongingly.
2010, John Barnshaw, White's Corner, Matador (2010), →ISBN, page 243:
"And not over yet" he said, putting his arm around her waist as they strolled back to the car, which brought Bob back to her mind. His arm had been there belongingly thousands of times.