Clinging

Examples

• She fell upon her knees, and clinging to this stroller's child looked up at her almost with veneration. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• A crowd of little children were gathered round a bright fire, clinging to their mother's gown, and gambolling around her chair. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Dora, clinging to them both, and weeping, exclaimed, 'O yes, aunts! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I was conscious that every other sentiment, regret, or passion had by degrees merged into a yearning, clinging affection for them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• They would do something to throw off the clinging evil, and, while in action, they fancied that a remedy was applied. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The boy was still clinging by her side, but she thought of another besides him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• William, she said, suddenly clinging to Dobbin, who was near her, you've always been very kind to me--I'm--I'm not well. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In the deepest fountain of my heart the pulses were stirred; around, above, beneath, the clinging Memory as a cloak enwrapt me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• We took our last look at the city, clinging like a whitewashed wasp's nest to the hill-side, and at eight o'clock in the morning departed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Polly and I were clinging to that hypothesis as the most lenient way of accounting for your eccentricity. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• There Beth's voice gave way, and clinging to her sister, she cried so despairingly that Jo was frightened. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He pictured himself as he was then, clinging to his mother's hand, and walking peacefully to church. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• How mutable are our feelings, and how strange is that clinging love we have of life even in the excess of misery! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Her words, few as they were, betrayed a desperate clinging to the past which boded ill for the future. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Then spare my life for the love of Heaven, as I spared yours,' rejoined the girl, clinging to him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• For anything we know, she may have destroyed her child, and the child in clinging to her may have scratched her hands. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• We even plume ourselves upon our firmness in clinging to our conceptions in spite of the way in which they work out. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It affected us to see Caddy clinging, then, to her deplorable home and hanging on her mother's neck with the greatest tenderness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He would work his way to the other's back and, clinging there with tooth and nail, drive his knife home until Terkoz was no more. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Archer sat silent, with the sense of clinging to the edge of a sliding precipice. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Lucie had, by that time, fallen into a stupor on the floor at his feet, clinging to his hand. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Of this number was Adrian, who knew the delusion, yet could not cast off the clinging terror. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The two couples went asunder, Ursula clinging to Birkin's arm. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Stop an instant, Sam,' gasped Mr. Winkle, clinging most affectionately to Mr. Weller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She did so on his neck, and, still clinging there, laughed a little when she said, 'I think I am ready now for Thirdly, John. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She hid her face against his neck, clinging close to him, pleading: 'Don't laugh at me--don't laugh at me. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He sat her down just within the door, and held her, clinging to him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The sun had gone behind the hill, and shadows were clinging to the earth, the sky above was full of travelling light. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Instead of clinging to the na?ve belief that Plato was legislating for all mankind, you can discuss his plans as a temporary superstructure made for an historical purpose. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Still clinging to the past--that past which I represented to her, in my way, as Miss Halcombe did in hers! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

Typed by Gladys