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verb simple past tense and past participle of cling1 .
Words nearby clung clumber spaniel, clump, clumping, clumsy, clunes, clung , Cluniac, clunk, clunker, clunkhead, clunky
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Example sentences from the Web for clung Sierra had clung to life for seven weeks before finally succumbing to her wound.
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But Kate has clung to her middle-class roots and middle-class ideas of child-rearing defiantly.
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The first run, I just clung to the fence as the bulls passed.
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With more than 88 percent of precincts reporting, Hanna clung to a six-point lead.
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Unlike every other island in the region that abandoned sugar production generations ago, St. Kitts clung to it until recently.
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She clung to the thought of the happiness he could give her.
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They sought each other with eager arms, clung together, pressing close, without further speech.
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She clung to him in an agony of dread lest he should go, and her sobs grew less frequent.
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It took her a long time to go upstairs; her head whirled, and if she had not clung to the baluster she would have fallen.
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She is a brave girl, and she loves the Lion (Leo); thou sawest how she clung to him, and saved his life.
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British Dictionary definitions for clung verb the past tense and past participle of cling
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Words related to clung fasten, clasp, adhere, grip, hug, last, linger, clutch, continue, embrace, stick, cherish, grasp, cohere, squeeze, endure, cleave to, hang in, stay put