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
- ambled
- crawled
- dallied
- dawdled
- dillydallied
- drifted
- faltered
- fool around
- frittered away
- goof off
- hesitated
- hobbled
- hung around
- hung out
- idled
- lagged
- lolled
- lumbered
- moped
- moseyed
- plodded
- poked
- procrastinated
- put off
- puttered
- remained
- sat around
- sauntered
- shuffled
- slouched
- staggered
- stayed
- stopped
- strolled
- stuck around
- tarried
- took one's time
- tooled
- tottered
- trailed
- traipsed
- trifled
- trudged
- vacillated
- waited
- waited around
- was dilatory
- was long
- was tardy
- ambles
- crawls
- dallies
- dawdles
- dillydallies
- drifts
- falters
- fool around
- fritters away
- goof off
- hangs around
- hangs out
- hesitates
- hobbles
- idles
- is dilatory
- is long
- is tardy
- lags
- lolls
- lumbers
- mopes
- moseys
- plods
- pokes
- procrastinates
- puts off
- putters
- remains
- saunters
- shuffles
- sits around
- slouches
- staggers
- stays
- sticks around
- stops
- strolls
- takes one's time
- tarries
- tools
- totters
- trails
- traipses
- trifles
- trudges
- vacillates
- waits
- waits around
- abide
- be left
- bide
- bivouac
- bunk
- cling
- continue
- delay
- dwell
- endure
- freeze
- go on
- halt
- hang
- hang out
- hold over
- hold the fort
- hover
- inhabit
- keep on
- last
- linger
- live
- lodge
- make camp
- nest
- outlast
- outlive
- pause
- perch
- persist
- prevail
- put on hold
- remain standing
- reside
- rest
- roost
- sit out
- sit through
- sit tight
- sojourn
- squat
- stand
- stay behind
- stay in
- stay over
- stay put
- stick around
- stop
- survive
- tarry
- visit
- wait
- abided
- be left
- bivouacked
- boded
- bunked
- clung
- continued
- delayed
- dwelt
- endured
- froze
- halted
- held over
- held the fort
- hovered
- hung
- hung out
- inhabited
- kept on
- lasted
- lingered
- lived
- lodged
- made camp
- nested
- outlasted
- outlived
- paused
- perched
- persisted
- prevailed
- put on hold
- remain stood
- resided
- rested
- roosted
- sat out
- sat through
- sat tight
- sojourned
- squatted
- stayed behind
- stayed in
- stayed over
- stayed put
- stood
- stopped
- stuck around
- survived
- tarried
- visited
- waited
- went on
- attach
- be bogged down
- become embedded
- become immobilized
- bind
- bond
- braze
- catch
- cement
- clasp
- cleave
- cling
- cling like ivy
- clog
- cohere
- fasten
- fix
- freeze to
- fuse
- glue
- hold
- hold fast
- hold on
- hug
- jam
- join
- linger
- lodge
- paste
- persist
- remain
- snag
- solder
- stay
- stay put
- stick like barnacle
- stick together
- unite
- weld
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