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

Both Conservative group leader Simon Tagg and Labour group leader Dave Jones clung on to the Westlands and Keele seats respectively.

From BBC • May 8, 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

The day was too hot and his T-shirt clung to his skin.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova