Example sentences for: clings

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

  • Unlike the national parks at the peaks of many of the Canary Islands there are no views from here, aside from at Garajonay itself, and an almost perpetual thick mist clings to the ancient, moss-covered trees.

  • The Clinton administration clings to the evasion enshrined by Justice Lewis Powell in the Bakke case: "Rigid" numerical quotas are unfair and discriminatory, while "flexible" goals are not.

  • He clings to the maddening inconsistencies in the former president's answers as if they actually meant something.

  • In contrast to the generally glowing obits is the piece on the NYT op-ed page by historical biographer Kai Bird, who argues against the Wise Man Theory Washington still clings to.

  • The road clings precariously to the side of lush, green mountains cleft by deep, dark ravines and often zig-zags on itself in the tightest of hairpin bends.


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