Synonym: clutch, hold close, hold tight. Similar words: owing to, bring together, relating to, according to, bring to a halt, spring to mind, corresponding to, clinging. Meaning: v. hold firmly, usually with one's hands.
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1. I still cling to the hope that he's alive.
2. You can't cling to the past, because no matter how tightly you hold on, it's already gone.
3. The really great love not stubbornly cling to it,but at the crucial moment just let him free.
4. Wet clothes cling to the body.
5. He had one last hope to cling to.
6. Don't cling to the kerb when you're driving.
7. Dark clouds cling to the mountains.
8. Small children cling to their mothers.
9. He appears determined to cling to power.
10. The birds cling to the wall and nibble at the brickwork.
11. Some people had to cling to trees as the flash flood bowled them over.
12. They still cling to many of the old shibboleths of education.
13. The whole party will cling to their leader very determinedly.
14. The cat tried to cling to the edge by its claws.
15. The British prime minister is too apt to cling to Washington's apron strings.
16. Why cling to the rebel cross?
17. At least we have one consolation to cling to.
18. No heart, no soul,(sentencedict.com)(sentencedict.com) nothing to cling to.
19. Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent. Mitch Albom 
20. Balconies cling to walls like frightened climbers.
21. Well-thumbed magazine pictures of body-builders cling to the wall.
22. The family and others also cling to these times of false hope.
23. These few will desperately cling to traditional structures and culture.
24. There's only so much you can cling to - your credibility, your belief in small cottage industries - whatever.
25. The batter needs a clean surface to cling to as the cake rises during baking.
26. They cling to their religion, its strict kosher rules and ancient rites of worship.
27. These cling to rocks, stones, or roots and forms a mat of bright to deep green tufts.
28. Probable sad answer: cling to it as part of Britain's eccentric genius.
29. Whenever we move to a new house, we always cling to far too many possessions.
30. There were great rocks on the road and thin mist seemed to cling to everywhere.
More similar words: owing to, bring together, relating to, according to, bring to a halt, spring to mind, corresponding to, clinging, cling, clingy, cycling, circling, declining, clingfilm, recycling, encircling, belong to, living thing, clinch, clincher, clinic, incline, decline, recline, inclined, clinical, clinically, polyclinic, inclination, inclined plane.