"cling" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

cling verbo

cling + preposición
Kolokacji: 17
cling to • cling for • cling with • cling in • cling on • ...
cling + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 28
cling together • cling desperately • cling tightly • cling tenaciously • cling stubbornly • ...
(2) tightly, firmly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) precariously, perilously
Kolokacji: 2
1. cling precariously = uparcie trwaj będąc niepewnym jutra cling precariously
2. cling perilously = uparcie trwaj niebezpiecznie cling perilously
  • Reportedly, the Manning's "dying son had been moved by its depiction of the slight solitary figure clinging perilously to a ledge."
  • Clinging perilously to the handrails outside the hatch, Tom and Bud managed to brace themselves while they attached the rockets to the rim.
  • The tumbled remnants of several concrete buildings clung perilously to the jagged edge of the sheer cliff, two hundred feet above them.
  • In the meantime, what now for the Lakers, clinging perilously to eighth place in the Western Conference?
  • It was a figure that clung perilously to its narrow perch, kept in balance by a dangling rope.
  • The stagings clung perilously to the sheer precipice that fell into the depths.
  • It clung perilously close to a twisty road just a few miles from the airport; space was so tight we had to park our rental car across the street.
  • For those, he had to cling perilously to what foot-holds he could find and get around or across.
  • In suede and corduroy, they clung perilously to the hips, slithered down the legs and spilled over shoes.
  • Clinging perilously to the ledge, kneeling frozen at the lip, Ged and Tenar did not move; listened; heard nothing.
(5) closely, fast, tight
Kolokacji: 3
(6) wetly
Kolokacji: 1
(7) lovingly, passionately
Kolokacji: 2

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