clung
Example Sentences
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A handful of people clung to an idea of normality, saying they were crossing into Turkey for vacations planned before the war.
Mama threw her arms around her and they clung together.
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We cried then, and clung to one another in the dark of the garden.
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Tansy tried to put Little Britches down, but she clung like a leech.
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For the moment, she seemed genuinely keen to evade the Ravens, guiding him along little twisting deer-paths that clung to the best cover.
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