Example sentences for: clinging

How can you use “clinging” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But when you look at how tenaciously Planet Hollywood is clinging to life, it seems clear that even fools can survive.

  • Take a look at the cottages and gardens around the Greenwich Steps, clinging to the steep slope overlooking the bay — this is one of the city’s most desirable addresses.

  • Reporters described the "outpouring" of emotion at the makeshift shrine, mentioning the address over and over again: 20 N. Moore St., 20 N. Moore St. The accompanying videotape used close-up shots and slow pans of the not-entirely cluttered stoop; the camera lingered over the flickering flames of memorial candles and the droplets of water clinging to the flower petals.

  • The young princess is shown seated before a low table, her hands engaged with some objects and her body clad in a long, clinging, one-shouldered Thierry Mugler dress entirely covered with leopard spots.

  • Following it, the road finally climbs into a craggy forest surrounded by mist-shrouded peaks with tall pines clinging to the most precarious ledges.


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