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Example Sentences

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Austin Appelbee didn't know if his mother Joanne, brother Beau and sister Grace were still alive when he finally reached the shore, four hours after he left them clinging to two paddleboards.

From BBC

I stumble, find myself clinging to a tree trunk.

From Literature

While Sue and Bruce had clung to each other in the first moments of the eruption, Dan had stood alone.

From Literature

“If we embrace narrow group-based identities too fiercely, we cling to the very cages in which others would seek to trap us. We pigeonhole ourselves.”

From The Wall Street Journal

She reached the wall and clambered up it, the stones cutting into her hands and Gelifen clinging to her back.

From Literature