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clingy

[kling-ee] / ˈklɪŋ i /




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"Michelle was on the ward for three days and initially she was very clingy, wouldn't let me go. I didn't know anything about mental health back then, so I just put it down to tiredness."

From BBC

By contrast, when the chatbot acted too clingy—“metaphorically grabbing your arm and saying, ‘No, you can’t leave,’ ” as De Freitas puts it—users bristled, staying only briefly before signing off.

From The Wall Street Journal

She just didn’t put up with B.S. from guys who were trying to diminish her, call her irrational and insinuate she was clingy.

From Los Angeles Times

“She was always a pack dog, and had to be with people, and with Arthur. But she has been so clingy, and gets so upset to be left alone.”

From Los Angeles Times

The costumes are, on the surface, contemporary: We see an Adidas sweatshirt here, a clingy party dress there.

From Los Angeles Times