Not yet; the earth clings to us; but he dusts it off.
He clings to life, for a monk,' whispered the Fool.
Yet she clings to the empty casket, And sighs that no more is left, As a mother clings to the cradle Of its dimpled treasure bereft.
Will, to think how one's birthclings round and hampers us all our lives.
These considerations are quite sufficient to account for the evil reputation which clings to the Borough.
A long coat is bad for travel; it clings to the legs and interferes with stepping over logs.
When the snow sticks, the snowshoes get wet and heavy and damp snow packs on top and clings to them, and when these troubles come it is best to cut wood, build a good fire and camp by it until evening.
The rubbers are heavier than the pacs and more protection to tender feet, but are more likely to tire the wearer, especially since rubber clings so fondly to all brush and weeds with which it comes in contact.
If the snow clings to the trousers behind the knees, when snowshoeing, wear light overalls over them.
In the early spring, when the snow melts during the day and clings to the snowshoes the only time one can travel is in the morning until about ten o'clock, and late in the evening.
But when religion clings to the interests of the world, it becomes almost as fragile a thing as the powers of the earth.
The American attaches himself to his home, as the mountaineer clings to his hills, because the characteristic features of his country are there more distinctly marked than elsewhere.
It has been remarked that in times of great religious fervor, men sometimes change their religious opinions; whereas, in times of general scepticism, every one clings to his own persuasion.
Land is the basis of an aristocracy, which clingsto the soil that supports it; for it is not by privileges alone, nor by birth, but by landed property handed down from generation to generation, that an aristocracy is constituted.
The authority which is awarded to the intervention of a court of justice by the general opinion of mankind is so surprisingly great, that it clings to the mere formalities of justice, and gives a bodily influence to the shadow of the law.
Moreover, ineradicable connection with the changing, the inexplicably shifting, and with the manifold, the diverse, clings to experience.
But in a panic there is no new money to be had; everybody who has it clings to it, and will not part with it.
Jermola suffers a deadly anguish at this separation; the boy, too, is in despair, for he clings fondly to the old man who has reared him with more than a father's love.
In vain has Linda sent inviting glances at Scirocco; he clings to Elsa as a sinner might cling to a saint through whose protection he hoped to gain admission to Paradise.
Her pale green dress clings tightly, and yet in folds around her figure.
I would have clung to her as the soul of the dead clings to the angel bearing him upwards.
Wouldest thou know how truly my heart clingsto thee?
There is a fourth class of inspirationists, the last which clings to the skirts of orthodoxy, which is always endeavouring to plant one foot on the rocks of science, while it balances the other over the quicksands of orthodox super-naturalism.
Yellow moss clings to the seaward sides of the roofs; one's eyes are not endangered by the intense glare of painted shingles and clapboards.
So, when in darkness sleeps the vale Where still the blind bird clings The sunshine of the upper sky Shall glitter on thy wings!
Then ask not why to these bleak hills I cling, as clings the tufted moss, To bear the winter's lingering chills, The mocking spring's perpetual loss.
Though you sin and fall and all men spurn you, yet she clings to you; and if you do well and God prospers you, there is no joy like her joy.
And love was his, and would be his always, for he loved Naomi, and she clung to him as the hyssop clings to the wall.
Among other traits, one notices that the soldier clings with great pertinacity to his few possessions, and especially to his boots.
In moments of general helplessness the crowd clings to a name, to a mere word.
If much soilclings to it, life-partner will be rich; if not, poor.
Prickling and glistening on the even slopes or in the purple shadows, the frost still clings like a lichen to the barren rocks and there is a thin touch of briskness in the air like the taste of fall on a September morning back home.
Candor compels me to own that this exuberance of spirits was probably largely alcoholic, for it is one of the few rights to which he clings tenaciously--that of being allowed to keep drunk while making a voyage on the river.
Our nation is conservative to its very root, and clingsfast to the old.
It may be that a glamour clings to the English soldier because he has voluntarily enslaved himself as a recruit, and has not been torn an unwilling captive from his home and work, like the conscripts of other countries.
There is a glorious city in the sea; The sea is in the broad, the narrow streets, Ebbing and flowing; and the salt-sea weedClings to the marble of her palaces.
You can see the color of his hair--faded, somewhat--by this thin shred that clings still to the temple.
The moon has a kiss that clings Like those of cold women whom Minions with fertile womb Drive from the bed of Kings.
Woman, my longing to be nothing clings To thee, whose stagnant eyes are pools of night, Liquid indifference, where is no light Save the kaleidoscope of imaged things.
Look how she clings to it, how she holds it to her breast, how reverentially she looks down on it.
The ding-dong regularity of factory work does not suit him, so he clings to the land, which provides him with a bare subsistence, and that is all he wants.
As water does not cling to a lotus leaf, so no evil deed clings to him who knows this' (Ch.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clings" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
