clung

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The only requirements are one term in "human development," ranging from sexual roles to the I Clung, plus another in "language and communication," a rubric for topics from grammar to the possibilities of "extraterrestrial intelligence."

From Time Magazine Archive

Her hand clung to my cheek; Clung, and my arm was weak;   And the sword fell and was gone.

From The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse by Murray, Gilbert

Turnus, 'mid the foremost, cast A blazing brand, and, fastening to the side, Up went the flame; from floor to floor it passed, 604 Clung to and licked the posts, and maddened with the blast.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

Though low in dust and mire was rolled The form of Báli lofty-souled, Still life and valour, might and grace Clung to their well-loved dwelling-place.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

The reptile race Clung round his bosom, and with viper folds Encircling, stung the fool who fostered them.

From Poems by Southey, Robert