2. Verb. (third-person singular of cling) ¹
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Definition of Clings
1. cling [v] - See also: cling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clings
Literary usage of Clings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"Cling around the soul, as the sky clings round the mute earth forever beautiful
... clings fast as the clinging vine. — EB BROWNING. clings like an octopus. ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... clings to the sense while he develops pregnant meanings and elucidates the
obscure. V. History of Exegesis : The Old Testament was at first the subject ..."
3. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"The Lord Keeper, though insulted, clings to office. Jeffreys maile a 1'eer to
annoy the Lord Keeper. ..."
4. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"Davenport Adams's concordance (London,) is less bulky than Mrs. Clarke's, but
still clings closely to the purely verbal plan. Other books give quotations by ..."
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