clung
Example Sentences
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His wet fur clung to his bony frame and provided no distraction from his crumpled ear, his missing eye, the crimped whiskers sprouting from his left cheek.
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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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The black rags of his ruined shirt clung to his heavy shoulders.
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