cling (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cling (to)
Verb
  • Once the age checks were done, the opening bars to the FIFA anthem crackled through the stadium speakers, and the players filed onto the field, gripping the hands of the young local players escorting them.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
  • In fact, her personal hatred of gripping challenges even served as her Survivor hot take below.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In Dyersburg, Tennessee, dozens of people arrived over the weekend at a storm shelter near a public school clutching blankets, pillows and other necessities.
    CBS News, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The video, now viewed more than 7.6 million times and liked over 447,000 times, opens with Pritchard disembarking the treadmill with the help of his friends, and walking stiffly while clutching his chest.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • This movement relaxes the jaw and keeps you from clenching or grinding.
    Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2025
  • My anxiety climbed, heart racing and head pounding as my jaw clenched tightly.
    Elizabeth Price, Vox, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In a twist from the first Trump administration, which tried to kill Barack Obama's landmark health insurance law, Trump's Justice Department is defending the law.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • But López Obrador has defended hydrocarbons since his youth, and the energy reform became a rallying cry for MORENA.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The group allegedly operated within the Northeast, targeting luxury vehicles – specifically high-end SUVs – by holding victims at gunpoint or bumping the vehicles on a highway, forcing owners to exit their cars.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Does playing Coachella hold any special significance for you?
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Antetokounmpo finished the game by scoring 36 points, grabbing 13 rebounds, and blocking two shots.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
  • So grab a pencil, a few colors or a coloring book and enjoy your boosted brain power.
    Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But government officials later walked back those comments — and have largely stood by the cuts, which hit nearly one-fifth of the workforce at both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.
    Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Did Holly never see a front-page photo of June at a rally, standing by Mark Tuello’s side?
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Cling (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cling%20%28to%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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