Example Sentences

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They have clung to their hunting-and-gathering ways longer than most.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

In this scenario, nematodes could have clung to feathers after birds visited saline lakes in South America and were then carried thousands of miles north.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

To keep spirits up in a year marked by unrelenting uncertainty, many crew members have clung to the mantra: “Survive till ’25.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024

The cross-body bag, which millennials have clung to for decades, is out, according to Hoyt, who called them “tiresome.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024

Of course I could whomp up a medium storm or a small earthquake in good taste and proper proportion, but in this account I have clung tenaciously, perhaps foolishly, to the truth.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck