Clung
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106 examples of Clung in a sentence
They
clung
to their belief in the shining ideals of this country, and they proved that being an American is not just for some people, that race is not how we define being an American.
They
clung
to certainty in the belief that doubt would undermine them.
I
clung
to her again, as I had when I was a child, and I let go, and then I promised that I would call.
The anger, the anxiety, the guilt, the depression ... it just
clung
to me.
But they offered me this little piece of reassurance, and I
clung
to it.
In these desperate circumstances, North Korea’s leaders
clung
to their strategy of developing nuclear weapons as a last resort to defend the security of their regime.
Instead, it has
clung
to the view that the government is the main source of soft power, promoting ancient cultural icons that it thinks might have global appeal, often using the tools of propaganda.
Indeed, the failed Greek “fiscal consolidation and reform program,” and the way the EU’s leaders have
clung
to it despite five years of evidence that the program cannot possibly succeed, is symptomatic of a broader European governance failure, one with deep historical roots.
The more the scheme was exposed as unsustainable, the more doggedly officials
clung
to it – and the more optimistic their narratives.
At the same time, economic modernization brought social mobility to the conservatives, which led to the emergence of a new bourgeoisie that
clung
to its traditional religious values and viewed the Kemalist elite – ensconced in the army, the bureaucracy, the judiciary, and the universities – as oppressors.
Instead, they
clung
to hard-line positions, leaving Mubarak unable to find a solution to the impasse.
At the same time, Northern Ireland’s dwindling Protestant majority
clung
ever more fervently to the British connection.
And he has long
clung
to this rule, despite a lack of evidence that it would have delivered better results than the Fed’s actual policy decisions since the 1970s.
Despite these experiences, Europe’s leaders
clung
to the nineteenth-century military theorist Carl von Clausewitz’s dictum that, “War is the continuation of politics through other means.”
A few people, of course,
clung
to the possibility of what was once called “actually existing socialism.”
Mbeki is culpable, not for having initially entertained a view held by a tiny minority of scientists, but for having
clung
to this view without allowing it to be tested in fair and open debate among experts.
We have
clung
to this faith in technological salvation as the old faiths waned and technology became ever more inventive.
Yet Trump and his advisers have
clung
to the false claim that growth will increase to 3% or even 4%.
The Kim regime has
clung
to power despite being subject to severe economic sanctions, perhaps because China, fearing a united Korea on its border, has not yet been willing to withdraw its support.
Indeed, the Awami League rightly pointed out that the caretaker government that took power in 2006, backed by the military,
clung
to power for two years, instead of the constitutionally mandated maximum of 90 days, and even tried to prevent Hasina from returning to the country from abroad.
For too long, developed countries have
clung
to their outsize influence in the international financial institutions, even as their fiscal fitness has dwindled.
Three months ago, the Bush administration still
clung
to its devil’s sound bite, “We don’t torture.”
While still emphasizing family values and traditional morality, they lost the whiff of incense that had
clung
to the Christian Democratic parties at the beginning of the century – by the 1970’s, they even began to stress that one didn’t have to be a believer to join.
Since the 2013 election, when Najib lost the popular vote but
clung
to power, thanks to electoral gerrymandering, he has worked to bring Hadi on side, for example, by facilitating the potential introduction of harsh hudud punishments (mandated by God under Islamic law) for crimes like adultery, drinking, and apostasy.
Uncertainty about what happens the day after is one reason why Maduro has
clung
to power.
The right has
clung
to a belief in “trickle-down” growth, which translates into doing whatever is good for business, because corporate profitability will boost investment, employment, and wages.
Nonetheless, in a 2013 commencement speech, Obama
clung
to hope: “the cynics may be the loudest voices – but I promise you they will accomplish the least.”
Enjoying the benefit of the doubt, Argentina
clung
to the fixed-rate regime.
The memory of the evil done to her husband aroused in her a feeling akin to repulsion, such as a man might feel who when in danger of drowning had shaken off another who
clung
to him.
While he was turning him, with the enormous lean arm about his neck, Kitty quickly and unostentatiously turned and beat the pillow, and arranged the invalid's head and the hair that again
clung
to the temples.
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