clung
pronunciation
How to pronounce clung in British English:
UK [klʌŋ]
How to pronounce clung in American English:
US [ klʌŋ]
Word Origin
- clung
- Old English clungen, past tense and past participle of cling.
Example
- 1. Domestic investors have clung to yen assets .
- 2. Hungary , for example , clung to them for almost five years .
- 3. One clung to state handouts and the idea that people had no choice : it disappeared .
- 4. Firms have clung to staff because skilled workers will be hard to recruit once things return to normal .
- 5. America has clung too long to the dogma that direct talks between israel and the palestinians are the way forward .