Example Sentences

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This water layer is only a few molecules thick, yet it clings to the nanopore surface and prevents ions from directly interacting with it.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Between the two sits a fragile procedural fiction the system clings to in order to pretend these worlds do not meaningfully collide.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2026

He clings to the hope police could have made a mistake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

The starchy pasta water, slowly whisked in, binds it all into a sauce that clings and stretches, tugging at each bite with just enough tension to remind you that this is pasta, not soup.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

My coat is so heavy, the water clings to it, dragging me farther and farther down into the deep.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott