Sentence examples for it is clinging from inspiring English sources

Ireland has not yet fallen over the cliff, and insists that it will not seek European aid, but it is clinging by its fingernails.

Now, as the P.K.K. negotiates peace with Turkey to end one of the Middle East's most intractable conflicts, it is clinging to its guns despite demands by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, that it lay them down as a condition of talks.

For now, it is clinging on to its privileges.

Despite this, China will continue to have three formidable advantages in manufacturing that will benefit the economy as a whole.First, it is clinging on to low-cost manufacturing, even as it goes upmarket to exploit higher-value activities.

It is clinging to the tit and at some point has to go on to solids" Veteran presenter Nick Ross condemns the corporation for sticking stubbornly to the licence fee rather than being open to other funding options "[Benefits TV] is not all about scumbags cheating the system.

It breaks easily because it is clinging to something specific.

"Our conference in general has a lot of reasons to be proud of its heritage, but it was clinging to tradition in a way that was probably holding it back from progressing".

But on black Friday it picked up speed, and by day's end it was clinging by its fingertips to the edge of the 3000 cliff.

"It was clinging to his ponytail underneath his hat," said Alison Russell, the airline's spokeswoman.

They said it was clinging to outdated vocational programs, training students for jobs that had become difficult to find.

Still, the government's position was unchanged, the official said; it was clinging to only a small corner of Mingora.