clinging

[US]/'klɪŋɪŋ/
[UK]/ˈklɪ ŋɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. sticky; persistent
n. persistence; attachment
v. persevere, adhere

Phrases & Collocations

clinging to

clinging onto

clinging tightly

clinging desperately

clinging onto hope

cling film

Example Sentences

He is of a clinging sort.

you are clinging to him for security.

she wasn't the clinging type.

clinging to outdated customs.

She’s clinging on to the past.

houses clinging precariously to sheer cliffs

we sat on the sofa clinging on to one another.

she was wearing a clinging black dress.

they were clinging together in fierce mutual desire.

They were clinging for dear life to the edge of the rock.

Dewdrops were still clinging on the trees.

if you persist in clinging to me in that way I will not answer for the consequences.

an all-woman troupe elaborately costumed in clinging silver lame.

He didn't seem to care at all that the wet shirt was clinging to his body.

I was very frightened and clinging on like mad.

- Sparky, I'm gonna have to strongly recommend clinging as strongly as possible to the shrinkwrap side of the equation.

We discerned the figure of a man clinging to the mast of the wrecked ship.

The capacitive sensor consisted of two mutual insul ating copper and foil electrodes,clinging to the external w all of infusion bottle with two insulating stretch tight balteum.

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