clinging
Example Sentences
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Houston is clinging to a one-game lead over the Texas Rangers in the AL West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Ideally they should come fresh from your garden, eaten with just enough dirt still clinging to them to imply virtue.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Audiences and critics alike are bored of film executives clinging to the same proven names and proven plots as tightly as worry beads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
For weeks, Louise said there was lots of "clinging to hope" about missing people being found but it was understood that anyone on or above the 77th floor of the South Tower had died.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
I stumble, find myself clinging to a tree trunk.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
