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Definition of Clinging
1. cling [v] - See also: cling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clinging
Literary usage of Clinging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Act of Touch in All Its Diversity: An Analysis and Synthesis of by Tobias Matthay (1903)
"Quality-contrasts derived from "thrusting" and "clinging," are moreover for the
sume reason reduced almost to nil. so far as the Ear is concerned ; although ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1892)
"Has he given you a reason for his clinging to his cabin —for his never putting
in an appearance on deck or in the cuddy ? " " No, nor have I troubled myself ..."
3. Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrinesby Nyanatiloka Mahathera, Nyanatiloka, Nyanaponika by Nyanatiloka Mahathera, Nyanatiloka, Nyanaponika (1980)
"'Alms and offerings are useless; there is no fruit and result for good and bad
deeds: all such view and wrong conceptions are called the clinging to views. ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... carved in white marble, of a "venerable benevolent-looking old man," with a
small crucifix resting against his knees and a dove clinging to his breast. ..."
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