clung

Example Sentences

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Allen said he still wanted to keep getting to know me, and I clung to that hope.

From Los Angeles Times

Defender Dan Burn called it "10 minutes of madness" and, while Howe clung to "positive signs", this was another painful defeat.

From BBC

“Some people inside the well clung to an iron mesh, and many of those who died were women and children,” he said.

From New York Times

Some children clung on to their parents as they sat on the grass, their foreheads showing confusion and fear.

From BBC

The end result was a dish of silky noodles that the sauce clung to.

From Washington Post