clung

Example Sentences

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They have clung to their hunting-and-gathering ways longer than most.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

From what we see of Scotty in flashbacks, he was a buoyant blond goofball — exactly the kind of guy that the apparently friendless and family-less Kenna would have clung to like a life preserver.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Children clung to their mothers inside halls lacking the most basic necessities.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

McGinnis clung to the hearing room door as police puled him away.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

He remembered the earthquake, the river flooding, the trees that he and Abby clung to as they floated toward the ocean, singing.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret