cling
Example Sentences
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I’d tried not to replicate my family members’ unions, and in that vacuum, I clung to a TV show.
From Los Angeles Times
They experimented internally with reducing the amount of cheese, mac and cheese’s costliest component, checking the effect on taste, texture, mouthfeel, cheesiness and “cling”—how the cheese sauce stuck to the noodles.
They are tied for the third-most 20-point losses in the league, yet somehow are still clinging to fifth in the Western Conference standings.
From Los Angeles Times
Despite the devastation, some residents cling to the belief that the new year might bring an end to the fighting and a chance to rebuild.
From Barron's
In the case of children who were constantly clinging to their parents, this was attempted by encouraging them to get used to sleeping alone.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
