Wondering how to use Cling in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as clingstone or grasp.
Cling in a sentence
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Cling meaning
- Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
- Adherence; attachment; devotion.
- An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside.
Synonyms of Cling
Using Cling
- The main meaning on this page is: Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit. | Adherence; attachment; devotion. | An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside.
- Useful related words include: clingstone, grasp, hang, contact.
- In the example corpus, cling often appears in combinations such as: cling to, to cling, cling on.
Context around Cling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cling
- In this selection, "cling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, firms, americans, now, onto and film stand out and add context to how "cling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include americans cling to tired and battled to cling on as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cling" sits close to words such as activision, adamawa and andrade, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Americans cling to tired old stereotypes of unions at their peril. (11 words)
Although many companies work remotely, some PR firms cling to large, palatial office spaces. (14 words)
Having won the tournament last year, were keen to cling on to their title. (14 words)
Its common name is a misnomer since it is not Swedish (it was popularized there but is indigenous to South Africa) and does not produce roots that cling and allow it to climb like ivy, although its bright green, one-inch leaves do trail along the ground. (47 words)
Ms Heldt added that sloth babies are “very strong” when they are born and they usually cling to their mothers until they are at least 12-months old in order to develop their muscles so they can swing from tree to tree. (42 words)
Fair warning though: Pet hair tends to cling to the upholstery, and I've noticed the fabric on the front end of the seat tends to pill quite quickly, but this is a great deal on an excellent chair. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although many companies work remotely, some PR firms cling to large, palatial office spaces.
Americans cling to tired old stereotypes of unions at their peril.
But having something to cling onto didn't seem to help Saints who dropped deeper and deeper after the break as Newcastle applied waves of pressure.
Erdoğan gave the assurance in reaction to the question of whether he will cling to power if he loses.
Fair warning though: Pet hair tends to cling to the upholstery, and I've noticed the fabric on the front end of the seat tends to pill quite quickly, but this is a great deal on an excellent chair.
Having won the tournament last year, were keen to cling on to their title.
He continued: 'It's a strange situation, I don't cling on to things.
He knows it doesn’t work, but Labour is desperate to cling on to power and is being driven by polling and focus groups rather than making New Zealand a better place.
He was fired by Mr Johnson when he battled to cling on as PM last summer in the face of a Cabinet revolt.
Horrifying footage shows the moment flesh-melting 'thermite rain' bombs descend on a town in eastern Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin 's forces continue to employ brutal tactics to cling on to meagre gains.
I also noticed how people tend to cling to their own, to the people from their own communities.
I have been known to cling on underneath lorries in order to get where I want to be.
I know more than a few haughty academic and other fascism-deniers who still even now cling to their faith that fascism isn’t really happening and indeed can’t actually happen here in the United States.
I’ll admit, when I first opened the package – which amounted to a plastic picnic cooler and around 50 layers of cling film, a layer of bin bags and sellotape – the smell was really bad.
In his 2012 re-election campaign, former President Obama described them as individuals who cling to guns and religion and demonize people unlike them.
Its common name is a misnomer since it is not Swedish (it was popularized there but is indigenous to South Africa) and does not produce roots that cling and allow it to climb like ivy, although its bright green, one-inch leaves do trail along the ground.
It’s political expediency to cling to a philosophy that you don’t believe in, besides the proclamation was made by a shameless philanderer.
It then moved through mudslide-prone Tijuana, threatening the improvised homes that cling to hillsides just south of the US border.
Ms Heldt added that sloth babies are “very strong” when they are born and they usually cling to their mothers until they are at least 12-months old in order to develop their muscles so they can swing from tree to tree.
People tend to cling to content that’s not all about you promoting, but ones that have great storytelling.
Common combinations with cling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cling to 120×
- to cling 75×
- cling on 28×
- cling film 15×
- cling onto 11×
- will cling 8×
- who cling 7×
- and cling 6×
- still cling 6×
- in cling 6×