Example Sentences

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The Lions were clinging to a seven-point lead.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

In the meantime, residents were clinging to signs that the cold would eventually retreat: a stray crocus in the yard.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2024

And they were clinging on to that hope - like a single shaft of light in the darkness.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2024

The Ducks were clinging to a one-goal lead late in the third before putting it away with a pair of empty-net goals, including Vatrano’s at 18:41.

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2023

No longer did it seem as though I were clinging to survival by a fraying thread.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer