cling
verb (used without object)
to adhere closely; stick to.
Example Sentences
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The Yankees were clinging to a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning when Boston’s rookie manager, Chad Tracy, made a choice that will haunt New England all winter long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Both junk-bond ETFs ended Monday clinging to slight 2026 gains on a total return basis, partly due to the higher compensation investors get for taking more risk in junk bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
For weeks, Louise said there was lots of "clinging to hope" about missing people being found but it was understood that anyone on or above the 77th floor of the South Tower had died.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Desperate families of missing foreigners were clinging to hope as they combed hospitals and morgues in search of clues, a week after catastrophic floods tore through Nepal's Himalayan border region.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Standing beside the hackberry shrubs with hundreds of empty desiccated cocoons still clinging to their branches and a carpet of butterfly corpses under her feet, La Llorona did not look anything like a malevolent specter.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
