"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
(5) closely, fast, tight
Kolokacji: 3
1. cling closely = uparcie trwaj blisko cling closely
2. cling fast = uparcie trwaj szybko cling fast
3. cling tight = uparcie trwaj mocno cling tight
  • He shook the armful, not daring to stop running, but they clung tight, mocking him, and leaped for his eyes the moment he stopped.
  • The child's hand clung tight, and his head was hurting.
  • He raced off with all his great speed, Ayla clinging tight, her hair streaming behind her.
  • But the sticky tar clung tight, pulling and holding her in its simmering heat.
  • Anna wriggled close into her mother's arms, clinging tight, hiding from the fact of the man.
  • But gluelike, the sweaty sand clung tight, and he succeeded only in spreading it around.
  • The commander thrashed about in the computer room, trying to shake his tormentor, but he clung tight, trying to choke Riker and wear him down.
  • She clung tight, her eyes shut, the weird swellings on her face and hands dark with increased circulation.
  • I clung tight, bent my knees and braced my feet against the bars-and waited for the inevitable impact.
  • They clung tight, though, and she was forced to fly upward and out of the room in order to shake them off.
(6) wetly
Kolokacji: 1
(7) lovingly, passionately
Kolokacji: 2

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