clinging

Example Sentences

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Togelius is clinging to hope, grounded in his decades of industry experience, that the potential of AI will ultimately create more immersive virtual worlds.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

We’re clinging to that belief but will concede that it may be irrational.

From Slate • May 2, 2026

“Lives of the Saints” is an ode to the folly—and the ecstasy—of clinging to beautiful delusions long past their expiration dates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Members of one of Sudan's most influential bands, Aswat Almadina, are scattered across the world, clinging to the hope that their music will be an inspiration for peace in a nation ravaged by war.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

His eyes were taking on that exhausted faraway look he’d had when he was clinging to the black walnut tree.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles