How to Use static cling in a Sentence

static cling

noun
  • Pet hair will stick to clothing with lots of texture or static cling.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This can reduce static cling and wrinkles in your laundry.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
  • Dryer sheets reduce static cling and coat fibers for smoother, softer fabric.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Wool dryer balls reduce static cling and help the laundry dry more quickly and evenly.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Throwing in a dryer sheet helps reduce static cling and helps keep fabric feeling soft.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Throwing in a dryer sheet helps reduce static cling and helps keep fabric feeling soft.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
  • This is because static cling causes dust and hair to adhere to surfaces, such as baseboards.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This is because static cling causes dust and hair to adhere to surfaces, such as baseboards.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
  • This is because static cling causes dust and hair to adhere to surfaces, such as baseboards.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
  • You can get rid of static cling without dryer sheets or fabric softener.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Fabric softener helps balance the electrons and ions to prevent static cling.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
  • Dryer sheets soften clothes, reduce static cling, repel lint and hair, release wrinkles, and make laundry smell clean.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2025
  • At the same time, the fabric softener on dryer sheets neutralizes the static cling that is attracting dust and debris.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Any Negative Nancies won't be singing that tune when static cling has their dress suctioned to their behinds during church.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The coating helps reduce static cling and most liquid fabric softeners also add fragrance to our laundry.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
  • Finally, this doesn’t have any antistatic features like more expensive grinders, which means that some coffee grounds can get left behind due to static cling.
    — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 May 2026
  • Finally, this doesn’t have any antistatic features like more expensive grinders, which means that some coffee grounds can get left behind due to static cling.
    — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of reaching for dryer sheets to soften your laundry and get rid of static cling, dryer balls are an environment-friendly alternative.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The static cling effect can lead to negative mental health repercussions for parents, including emotional fatigue and stress.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 5 June 2026
  • The static cling effect can lead to negative mental health repercussions for parents, including emotional fatigue and stress.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Despite some static cling and lurchy pacing, director John Pasquin’s guidance is generally good in this undeniably tricky balancing act.
    — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Add Humidity to Your Home Maintaining a humidity level in your home between 30 and 50 percent will help reduce static cling.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Don't Use Fabric Softener in Every Load Fabric softeners are formulated to make fabric feel softer to the touch, and to reduce the electric charges that cause static cling in fabrics.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Don't Use Fabric Softener in Every Load Fabric softeners are formulated to make fabric feel softer to the touch, and to reduce the electric charges that cause static cling in fabrics.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2026

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