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17 examples of Clings in a sentence

I never really understood how strongly this society clings to this role until I went through this.
When she thinks she finds true happiness, she clings onto it, leaving behind all that she knew.
Degraded and demeaned by the cowardly Mark, Veronika clings to the hope that someday Boris will return.
Bob Misiorowski captures and conveys the desperation that clings to coastal communities from Port Albert to Skegness, but is far less sure of himself with the attack scenes, all of which lack the tension and otherworldly fear they should be full of.
The German Chancellor and his "red-green" coalition still clings to power but is today severely weakened.
An eerie feeling clings to you even after you finish the tour of the dungeons of the notorious Elmina Castle, the nerve center of the former West African slave trade.
China clings to a notion of sovereignty that allows governments freedom of action within their borders.
Thus, 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia spends only half what Europeans do on defense – yet Europe still clings to the notion that its security depends on American protection.
But China's government clings to the belief that Hong Kong's people are not ready for democracy.
He clings to the hope evoked by Obama, and to the fact that, unlike his two predecessors, Obama did not wait until the last year of his term of office to address the problem.
Then there is Belarus, whose ruler, Alexander Lukashenko, clings to authoritarian rule.
This raises a key question: what happens to these Arab “baby boomers” if the generation now coming to power clings to it as tenaciously as the generation of Mubarak, Assad, and Hussein?
The region’s president, Milorad Dodik, clings to power by spinning revisionist tales steeped in denial.
The trembling Church clings to the Pope as to her sole chance of salvation.
It is soaked and heavy, and it flops about, and tumbles down on you, and clings round your head and makes you mad.
"It is in vain," said Henry, drawing him aside; "Frances clings to hope with the fondness of a sister.
The Lowood constraint still clings to you somewhat; controlling your features, muffling your voice, and restricting your limbs; and you fear in the presence of a man and a brother--or father, or master, or what you will--to smile too gaily, speak too freely, or move too quickly: but, in time, I think you will learn to be natural with me, as I find it impossible to be conventional with you; and then your looks and movements will have more vivacity and variety than they dare offer now.