clung

Example Sentences

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The Cherries will enter Europe for the first time next season via the Europa League as Liverpool clung on to fifth place by three points.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Yet the same people clung fiercely to their self-image as gutsy investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

Håkon clung to the saddle and clenched his jaw as the horse walked forward.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack