Sentence examples for clinging more from inspiring English sources

Others were clinging more tightly than ever to the things they thought worth fighting for: family, school, church.

Psychological theories of loss suggest that as individuals lose resources and power they often seek to compensate for those losses by clinging more tightly to what resources they have left.

The report found that in most projections, Japan would probably respond to China's growing power by clinging more closely to the United States, as it has done recently during a heated argument with China over islands in the East China Sea that both countries claim.

This appears to be an example of "compensatory affirmation" — the widely reported tendency of people to respond to uncertainty or fear by clinging more closely to the belief systems that give their lives meaning.

As the two main political parties decline, so they cling more tenaciously to power.

And none cling more tightly than that of the only Watchwoman.

The act of making the speech often pushes partisans to cling more tightly to their preëxisting positions.

As fuel costs rise, households may cling more tightly to the money not going to the pump.

Few cities cling more tenaciously, even desperately, to the past, or at least the popular image of it.

They tend to be chameleon-like outwardly, but to cling more fiercely than most to what each has come to define as underlying truths.

The wind makes the man to cling more tightly to his garment, while the sun's warmth induces him to take it off.