Thesaurus / cling
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Life is represented as struggling to free herself from the gross earthly forms that cling to her.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTIt is wonderful how long a withered leaf will sometimes cling to its branch.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThese had a ghostly effect on Yung Pak, and made him cling closely to the side of his tutor.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKEEven when the new have been adopted we very often find that something of the ancient and discarded notions cling in our phrases.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERWe occupy too wide an extent of country: we exhaust our resources without profit and without necessity: we cling to dreams.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONThe boys placed the girls amidships, and showed them how to cling to the straps on either side.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONEven where the blocks of stone cling in the bed, it is only a short time before they are again set in motion or ground to pieces.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERCling as closely as possible to the saddle, but avoid stooping forward, or using your hands to keep you in your seat.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYSee the tottering baby cling to its mother for support; watch it run to her when it is frightened.
THE VALUE OF A PRAYING MOTHERISABEL C. BYRUMWhy should any cling to an oath of allegiance to a power that, in this particular, as well as in others, is anti-christian?
THE ORDINANCE OF COVENANTINGJOHN CUNNINGHAMWORDS RELATED TO CLING
- accepts
- accommodates
- admits
- adopts
- avails oneself of
- comprehends
- comprises
- contains
- covers
- deals with
- embodies
- encloses
- encompasses
- espouses
- gets into
- goes in for
- grabs
- has
- incorporates
- involves
- makes use of
- provides for
- receives
- seizes
- subsumes
- takes advantage of
- takes in
- takes on
- takes up
- welcomes
- abide
- be
- be left
- be long lived
- be timeless
- bide
- carry on
- carry through
- cling
- exist
- go on
- hang on
- have no end
- hold
- hold on
- hold out
- keep on
- last
- linger
- live
- live on
- never say die
- outlast
- outlive
- perdure
- persist
- prevail
- remain
- ride out
- run on
- stand
- stay
- stay on
- stick to
- superannuate
- survive
- sustain
- wear
- wear on
- wear well
- abides
- accustoms
- allows
- bears the brunt
- braves
- brooks
- copes with
- countenances
- eats
- encounters
- experiences
- faces
- feels
- goes through
- grins and bears it
- hangs in
- is patient with
- keeps up
- knows
- lives out
- lives through
- meets with
- never says dies
- permits
- puts up with
- repress feelings
- resigns oneself
- rides out
- sits through
- stands
- sticks
- sticks it out
- stomachs
- subject to
- submits to
- suffers
- supports
- sustains
- swallows
- takes
- takes it
- takes patiently
- tolerates
- undergoes
- weathers
- withstands
- adhere
- arrest
- bind
- bottle up
- carry
- catch
- check
- cherish
- clasp
- cleave
- clench
- clinch
- cling
- clutch
- confine
- contain
- cork up
- cradle
- detain
- embrace
- enclose
- enjoy
- fondle
- freeze to
- grip
- handle
- hang on
- have
- hug
- imprison
- keep
- keep close
- keep out
- lock up
- maintain
- not let go
- nourish
- occupy
- own
- palm
- possess
- press
- put a lock on
- restrain
- retain
- secure
- seize
- squeeze
- stay put
- stick
- take
- trammel
- vise
- wield
- withhold
- wring
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