Sentence examples for method of clinging from inspiring English sources

All three characters possess an articulate wit, which they use mostly to insult one another and, self-deprecatingly, themselves; it's a method of clinging to their friendship and their self-esteem.

In Denver this week, Obama and the Democrats had better hold McCain and the Republicans accountable, not only for the moral, strategic, and material disasters of the past eight years but also for the viciousness of their method of clinging to power.

In an effort to eliminate the potential contribution of divergent methods used to evaluate the temperature sensitivity of clinging performance, we describe a series of experiments that estimated maximal clinging ability in P. dubia and G. gecko over a range of biologically meaningful temperatures, using a single protocol.

The emotionality of the Slows had the strange characteristic of clinging to me like a stain.

Her outrageousness was a way of clinging to life, even as it seemed to reject her.

The Buddhists viewed theoretical stances and philosophical positions as themselves objects of desire, of clinging.

Are you tired of clinging?

Recognize the costs of clinging.

And clinging today plants the seeds of clinging tomorrow.

Adjusted clinging forces are the residuals from a linear regression of raw clinging force on toe pad area, providing a measure of clinging force that accounts for variation among individual lizards in toe pad size.

Mr. Mugabe has used these destructive methods to cling to power for nearly 30 years.