clings
- present tense form of cling (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Who like a dew-drop on a lotus-lily leaf, Or seed of mustard on a needle's point, Clings not to any worldly bliss; Him I deem a Brāhmaṇa.
From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Woodward, Frank Lee
While John, the baby last but one, Clings round my skirts till day is done; When fat, good-tempered Jane is glum, And butcher's man forgets to come.
From The Verse-Book of a Homely Woman by Inchfawn, Fay
To white Buda, to white castled Buda Clings the vine-tree, cling the vine-tree branches; Not the vine-tree is it with its branches, No, it is a pair of faithful lovers.
From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob
The faintness of the morn Clings to me still; I pray thee, father, grant Thy child one easy boon.
From Count Alarcos; a Tragedy by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
The rudeness of the forests Where he was bred, inured to rigorous laws, Clings to him still; love is a word he ne'er Had heard before.
From Phaedra by Boswell, Robert Bruce
