clung

[ kluhng ]

/ klʌŋ /

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of cling¹.

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How to use clung in a sentence

Sierra had clung to life for seven weeks before finally succumbing to her wound.
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But Kate has clung to her middle-class roots and middle-class ideas of child-rearing defiantly.
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As the term splintered, people clung to it and its variations.
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The first run, I just clung to the fence as the bulls passed.
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With more than 88 percent of precincts reporting, Hanna clung to a six-point lead.
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Jean clung to his English nurse, who played the fascinating game of pretending to eat his hand.
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Yet, try as I would to strangle the idea, all through the evening the same horrible, unaccountable notion clung to me.
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The bright head was bowed over the child's, as Rosemary clung to her mother's dress.
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Tears filled his eyes, as he lifted the living child from the dead bosom to which it obstinately clung.
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And he himself, knowing he must shortly go, still clung and hesitated, hoping against hope.
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British Dictionary definitions for clung

clung

/ (klʌŋ) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of cling

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