WordNet
v. hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared" [syn: hold close, hold tight, clutch]
Usage examples of "cling to".
The religious-minded soul should be so united to God and should have or render its will so conformed to the divine will that it is not occupied with any created thing or cling to it any more than before it was created, and as if nothing existed except God and the soul itself.
Then, deftly, she refolded the robe, which seemed to cling to her hands as if it did not want to be laid aside, before seating herself and lifting her eyes to the expanse of the wall.
I am glad you have realized it, and I hope you will cling to the memory here.
It is not like this, believe me, in the lands that cling to the Muslim superstition.
The fact that the very picking up of the thing had slowed the others' advance made him cling to it the tighter.
Helicon is a fairly homogeneous world, culturally speaking, and we tend to cling to our private ways firmly because we're overshadowed by our neighbors.
However, I know of no alternate candidate for the post, so I must cling to you.
Helicon is a fairly homogeneous world, culturally speaking, and we tend to cling to our private ways firmly because were overshadowed by our neighbours.
It isn't if you are going to be immortal, but if you are going to die there is no time for timidity, simply because timidity makes you cling to something that exists only in your thoughts.
Othello, trying desperately to cling to the certainty that he did the right thing, boldly proclaims he killed her for her infidelity, and now Emilia comes into her own.
On my knees I fell at her feet to kiss her feet and cling to her ankles until it must have hurt her and amazed her that it was I.
He lost the stirrups, he lost the reins as she bolted, but panic somehow gave him strength to cling to her back.
Goes tumbling through these woods like a nettle, curious about everything, into everything, gets so close that all the bits and pieces she sticks her nose into cling to her when she goes.
Immediate command is your job and it doesn't do either of us any good for me to cling to it.
This is why you struggle and why you cling to details of tradition too much.