Sentence examples for need to cling from inspiring English sources

Whatever bitterness he falls into, a masculine need to cling, to seek protection and communion, recurs with near-pathetic regularity.

And how much of the stuff we already own do we really need to cling on to?

In stressing the need to cling to Roe "under fire" and in the face of "great opposition," the Court's position smacked of "czarist arrogance," Scalia railed.

(Viewers who need to cling to "Raymond" can still see it in syndication twenty-four hours a day on every channel except CNN).

We might all need to cling to Maicon's artistry to retain any sense that the sport is worth the notoriety that sometimes it attracts.

If nothing else, the minor leagues are about two enduring principles: the need to cling to hope, and to deal with change.

Adam is upright and strong, Eve is like a vine that needs to cling.

And I think people find her funny because humour needs to cling to something.

And this is an occasion her suburban family needs to cling to as well.

Indeed, when Nixon accepted the nomination in Miami, he declared, "Let's win this one for Ike," as if he still needed to cling to the more popular leader's coattails.

The scrum struggled again, the balance in the back row seemed off and the defence - not exclusively Chris Ashton - slipped off when they needed to cling on.