Example Sentences

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Napoleon Bonaparte was a bit of a clinger.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2022

Seems he is a permanent clinger in my circle now.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2014

No cable-car clinger, Caen drives a grey-and black Cadillac convertible on his rounds of nightclubs and restaurants, where, over Dubonnets-on-the-rocks, he gathers much of his material.

From Time Magazine Archive

He just naturally loves helplessness, and when Aylette married I told her for mercy's sake not to be one of these new-fashioned kind of wives, but be a clinger.

From Miss Gibbie Gault by Bosher, Kate Langley

"A powerful clinger," retorted Susan, "but men is forgivin' to regular features with a high colour."

From The Loves of Ambrose by Vandercook, Margaret