clings in English

verb
1
(of a person or animal) hold on tightly to.
she clung to Joe's arm
noun
1
a clingstone peach.
I saw a shadow, looked up, Del monte cling peaches coming right on my head.

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1. Clung , Cling·ing , Clings 1

2. The Antipope is “the man that clings to me”, in other words, a man who is not the true shepherd, but who clings to that role and clings to Christ (like a parasite)

3. The iguana clings to the temple wall.

4. Intr.v. clung (klŭng), Cling·ing, Clings 1

5. Clinging (plural Clingings) The act of one who clings

6. Though seriously ill, he still clings tenaciously to life.

7. All that has once lived clings tenaciously to life.

8. He still clings stubbornly to his socialist ideas.

9. 15 A feral sweet pea clings to it for support.

10. The aristocrat clings to the glory of his past.

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12. Cling definition, to adhere closely; stick to: The wet paper Clings to the glass

13. A small group of houses clings to the eastern flank of the mountain.

14. 14 I know she can't be a lesbian, but she clings like that to one's words.

15. Synonyms for Adheres include sticks, affixes, clings, binds, bonds, clasps, cleaves, coheres, fastens and fuses

16. The red wool clings to the needles, and I have to prise each stitch off.

17. This wonderful diverse stretch of woodland clings tenaciously to the almost precipitous sides of the gorge.

18. This glue Clings like shit to a shovel—good luck getting it off your hands

19. A red-and-yellow necklace sea star clings to a sea fan in the Maldives.

20. The NCAA clings to its antiquated concept of Amateurism while reality reflects a vastly different story

21. 22 Nevertheless, the modern law of contracts tenaciously clings to the liberal ideal of individual autonomy.

22. 4 A baby Capuchin monkey clings to its mother at the Chiba zoological park near Tokyo,[www.Sentencedict.com] Japan.

23. The customization and messaging possibilities of window Clings are endless, so make your brand or what matters to you stick!

24. Despite the uncertainty in the air and armed troops on the streets, the city clings tenaciously to its sybaritic appeal.

25. Completely customizable and easily repositionable, window Clings are designed for installing on windows in less than a minute

26. In obstetrics, a Caul is a portion of the amniotic sac that clings to an infant as it is being born.

27. Its legs, especially the back three pairs of legs, have developed into claw-like protuberances with which it clings to its host.

28. In this photo, a two-week-old ring-tailed lemur clings on to its mother at the Singapore Zoo.

29. The natural acids will help loosen any sebum ( dead skin and oils ) that clings to your scalp and flakes to form dandruff .

30. Collezione Bucatini pasta is crafted by pressing the dough through bronze dies to provide a rough, porous texture that perfectly clings to sauces

31. When one person "clings" to another person "psychologically", the person who is being "clinged to" RESENTS and REJECTS the needy, clingy emotional parasite...

32. Beirut, Lebanon. Despite the uncertainty in the air and armed troops on the streets, the city clings tenaciously to its sybaritic appeal. Photo: AFP.

33. Made from an optically clear vinyl material, clear window Clings are designed to seamlessly showcase logos, fonts, and designs without messy adhesive

34. Mary McMahon Date: January 23, 2021 A Caul is a portion of the amniotic sac that clings to an infant as it is being born.

35. 26 He clings to power largely because his Sunni-dominated army is afraid of the revenge that would befall it if he fell.

36. Ferndale's 'Butterfat palaces' stand tall amid redwoods of the North Coast / Miles off the highway in southern Humboldt County, town clings to its dairy past

37. Even the final fate of all that oil is a matter of some debate—though the gooey crude still clings to some shorelines, where it will be visible for years to come.

38. “The more holy a man is, the more humble, self-renouncing, self-Abhorring, and the more sensitive to every sin he becomes, and the more closely he clings to Christ

39. 21 One should give up anger; one should abandon pride; one should overcome all fetters. I'll never befall him who clings not to mind and body and is passionless.

40. Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere. Thomas Carlyle 

41. That was a while ago, and he can't walk these days unless he clings to furniture and creeps along Crabwise, so I'm hoping he'll have better luck getting the equipment in Reno.

42. 30 However, as home to the eternal city of Rome and some of the world's greatest art and architecture, the country still clings to the roots that have provided the region's lifeblood for centuries.

43. The idea is that Crane clings to scientific principle in the face of the supernatural--he dumbfounds the locals by insisting that the killer is human and Appalls them by performing an autopsy on a female victim.

44. Noteworthy Characteristics Hydrangea Anomala, commonly known as climbing hydrangea, is a vigorous, sprawling, deciduous, woody vine that clings and climbs by twining and aerial rootlets along the stems, typically maturing over time to 30-40’ long

45. Hydrangea Anomala, commonly known as climbing hydrangea, is a vigorous, sprawling, deciduous, woody vine that clings and climbs by twining and aerial rootlets along the stems, typically maturing over time to 30-40’ long

46. ‘Although small, the room has a spacious feel’ ‘He likes the fact that Although the club has a cosmopolitan feel it still clings to old values.’ ‘We can agree the deletion of the second paragraph, Although this is a statement of fact.’

47. • Mental ‘Blankness’ or spaced-out feelings, whole body tingling, constant self observation, derealization • Unexplained bouts of grief, sadness or rage – hiding away or acting out • Don’t want to be touched, pulls back at offers of affection, clings to parent’s leg (child), extremely shy

48. Call it the sense of the surprising, the naughty, the unexpected that clings to the Greek (in Aristophanes, the obscene and the scataological often occur as Bathetic closing words or phrases in lines that have until then been aping the solemn diction of tragedy).

49. The legacy, however, of this controversy still clings to London like sticky pitch: all of his Northland sagas are labelled as "literature for children and youth" whereas Martin Eden and other "mature" fiction is catalogued and sold as "fine" or Belletristic

50. ‘Although small, the room has a spacious feel’ ‘He likes the fact that Although the club has a cosmopolitan feel it still clings to old values.’ ‘We can agree the deletion of the second paragraph, Although this is a statement of fact.’