Sentence examples for the clinging from inspiring English sources

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the clinging

verb

To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.

  • Seaweed clung to the anchor.

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She slid her finger along the blade to free the clinging onion.

It is not the stiff spring breeze in Paris chasing away the clinging chill of winter.

The cumulative effect is both steamy and cold, like the clinging efflux of a sickroom humidifier.

ALL America knows them by now: the clinging chad, the pregnant chad, the trapdoor chad.

Several witnesses said that the clinging man flew off of the car after striking a mailbox.

It's when the clinging thin-knit sweater you thought was suave becomes a source of shame.

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Carefully turn out the parcel and remove the cling film.

Cover tightly with the cling film and put it into the oven 40-50 minutes.

What's harder than that is the "cling on" effect.

Take off the cling film and discard.

Then wrap a rubber-band around the cling wrap.

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