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'cling' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'cling' with 10 example sentences.


cling verb

: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

: to remain emotionally or intellectually attached

: hold on tightly or tenaciously

cling noun

: fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit


  • We are still clinging to the dreams of our youth.
  • I clung to my principles.
  • The boy is clinging to his mother.
  • He clung to the hope that he would see her again someday.
  • Cling film is made from polyethylene.
  • I have to wrap my sister's dinner in cling film.
  • You can't cling to the past.
  • Mud clings to my shoes.
  • They clung together for warmth.
  • It was so cold I clung to the blanket all day.
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