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CLINGING

Traducere în limba română

clinging adjectiv

1. lipicios; aderent; nedezlipit.

2. (despre îmbrăcăminte) colant, strâns pe corp.

3. tenace; agăţător.

4. vezi clingy.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Then the boat emerged, half swamped, Leach flinging the water out and Johnson clinging to the steering-oar, his face white and anxious.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Surrounded by the rosy light, and standing high upon the deck, apart together, she clinging to him, and he holding her, they solemnly passed away.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Suddenly, they saw its back end drop down, as into a rut, and the gee-pole, with Hal clinging to it, jerk into the air.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

He had left them completely frightened; and Harriet eagerly clinging to him, and hardly able to speak, had just strength enough to reach Hartfield, before her spirits were quite overcome.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Clinging to the gee-pole with his right band and with his left rubbing cheeks and nose, he stumbled over the rope as the dogs swung on a bend.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

Then, before he could pull it out again—or let go—the raft was swept away, and the poor Scarecrow was left clinging to the pole in the middle of the river.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

How mutable are our feelings, and how strange is that clinging love we have of life even in the excess of misery!

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

There Beth's voice gave way, and clinging to her sister, she cried so despairingly that Jo was frightened.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

It was the Wild still clinging to him, asserting itself through him.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

To protect themselves during this time, they congregate into masses that hang from tree branches—these clusters are made entirely of bees, each clinging to one another.

(Bees Help Researchers Confirm Theory about Maintaining Protective Clumps under Tough Conditions, Editura Global Info)

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