"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
  • Too many people paused in the street and stared at the little boy clinging so precariously to the shining bumper.
  • The men, in great numbers, like insects, now illuminated, clung precariously to the rock.
  • The sun was clinging precariously to the horizon and killing the stars with its stare.
  • If everything moves according to schedule we shouldn't have to cling here precariously for more than fifteen minutes longer.
  • Clinging precariously, the men descended their side till the spray was flying about them.
  • In the end he was clinging precariously to the side of it, but he seemed satisfied.
  • He had suffered through the rest of the trip, clinging precariously to his sanity.
  • Above her couch, shelves heavy with leaning books clung precariously to the wall.
  • With his feet clinging precariously to a tiny ledge, he glanced back.
  • The third quarter ended with the Knicks precariously clinging to a 68-66 lead.
2. cling perilously = uparcie trwaj niebezpiecznie cling perilously
(5) closely, fast, tight
Kolokacji: 3
(6) wetly
Kolokacji: 1
(7) lovingly, passionately
Kolokacji: 2

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