cling
verb (used without object)
to adhere closely; stick to.
clinger
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a word derived from
cling.
Example Sentences
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Seems he is a permanent clinger in my circle now.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2014
No cable-car clinger, Caen drives a grey-and black Cadillac convertible on his rounds of nightclubs and restaurants, where, over Dubonnets-on-the-rocks, he gathers much of his material.
From Time Magazine Archive
"A powerful clinger," retorted Susan, "but men is forgivin' to regular features with a high colour."
From The Loves of Ambrose by Margaret Vandercook
They once were the coats or outside garment of a swimmer or a clinger of the sea.
From Lord Dolphin by Harriet A. Cheever
"Oh, indeed!" more shoulder shrugging and a futurist pose of the black satin "clinger," "What else, then, might the Lady Stearns be doing at my place?"
From Jane Allen, Junior by Edith Bancroft
