Example Sentences

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This is a big few weeks for Pep Guardiola's side, who have got Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final, Liverpool in the FA Cup quarter-finals and are clinging on in Europe.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

This environment means many employees are clinging to their jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Pitt said it sometimes seems state officials are clinging to old concepts in that pact or other provisions of the law to prove they are right.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

Sorting strand by strand to see if tiny, six-legged insects are clinging to your scalp.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2024

Suddenly his arms are around me, and we are clinging to each other.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart