CLUNG Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

clung

verb

Definition of clung

past tense of cling

as in adhered

to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion a dozen magnets clinging to the refrigerator

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Recent Examples of clung In the house, his children clung to a ceiling fan as rising water pushed their mattress toward the ceiling. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 The Roadster clung to the surface, hanging upside-down from the ledge like a gecko on a ceiling thanks to a special fan suction system on its chassis. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Real Sociedad almost gave up a three-goal lead and were reduced to 10 men but clung on to beat Deportivo La Coruna 3-2. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 With nowhere to escape, Rivera clung to the side of the overpass. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026 The passage Kazan clung to as her guiding principle in her study of Cathy arrives in Chapter 17. — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 Instead, Shawn ran into the kitchen, where his mother stood at the sink, and clung to her side. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 But there were also a few bits of good news that my dad clung to. — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 For three years, as Israeli bombs made ruins of the ground, some of the trees and vines had clung to life in the spongy layer of clay below. — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026

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McCarthy and his co-screenwriters, Noé Debré and Thomas Bidegain, have adhered closely to the actual transcripts of the conference in their efforts to recreate it.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
Earlier versions adhered more closely to the facts of what happened to Pam.

— Josh Rivera, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of adhered

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Raichlen’s career, in a way, is similar in that he’s never been stuck in the lane of writing about barbecuing only brisket and pork.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
Other franchises have run into the same issues — looking at you, Star Wars — but Halo has been stuck in this purgatory for 15+ years, as Xbox leaders and strategy shifts come and go.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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