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cling - use in sentences
Object
- film: Apply cling film in layers rather than round like a bandage.
- wrap: Cover with cling wrap or foil and set in the coldest part of the refrigerator.
- round: How tenacious are the memories that cling round that mighty old hunter!
Preposition: onto
- pattern: We cling onto the old pattern of family breadwinner, forgetting the role working dads now play in the home.
- power: They want to cling onto power or power over their own lives, rather than submit to the one true King.
Modifying Another Word
- tightly: Clinging tightly to the ledge, we tried to figure out where we were.
- precariously: The population clings precariously to the brink of extinction, scattered across the desolate land, living in the darkest age in history.
- doggedly: While we fully expected the super high roof Sprinter to end up on its side, it clung doggedly to the surface.
Noun used with modifier
- window: GelGems® window clings work best on clean, smooth glass.
Preposition: in
- reunion: You cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again.
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