had been clinging
- past perfect progressive of cling.
Example Sentences
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Mrs Fenton argued that the man had been clinging to the outside of the motorhome rather than being inside it.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
Firefighters said all all the migrants, including a child, who had been clinging to the rocks after their boat smashed into the reef late Friday early Saturday, were saved.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
Stocks ended a wobbly day lower on Wall Street after a late-afternoon drop erased the tentative gains major indexes had been clinging to for much of the day.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Southwest of Sumas, Washington, a 59-year-old man from Everson identified by police as Jose Garcia remained missing after his truck was swept into a flooded field and he had been clinging to a tree.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2021
Then I realized that all my weight was on the part of me that Otto had been clinging to when he fell asleep.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
