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Meanings of cling about in English

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Usage of cling about in English
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Emotion and sentiment cling about what has become sacred with age.
George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philoso...
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And yet- asmileof utter happiness would cling about his lips.
The Dark Flower
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The scent of Honoria's orange-blossom seemed to cling about them as they stood.
The Ship of Stars
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The earth's tears still cling about you, like dew on freshly culled flowers.
The Fugitive
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The light of her eyes does absolutely cling about you.
Sandra Belloni — Volume 6
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All the greatest rewards and all the heaviest penalties of existence cling about that act.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1
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They cling about the mind with fatal tenacity.
Men, Women, and God / A Discussion of Sex Questions from the Chr...
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The heavy odor of incense seemed to cling about its pages and to trouble the brain.
The picture of Dorian Gray (First printing version)
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The heavy odour of incense seemed to cling about its pages and to trouble the brain.
The picture of Dorian Gray
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But now the sun has disappeared, yet the light seems still to cling about her beautiful form.
Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information
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These attributes seemed to cling about him.
The Light of the Western Stars
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People have their associations as well as places, and those that cling about him are anything but hallowed.
The Heavenly Twins
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Come, now, Louise, you mustn't stop me, dear, he said, for she was beginning to cling about him.
The Story of a Play / A Novel
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Her wavy hair was gathered into a loose knot, from which tiny tendrils escaped to cling about her face.
Old Rose and Silver
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See how rich was its outside color, but how wonderfully beautiful the deep crimson fibres which cling about the hard shell inside.
The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children
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A boy stood there, beside a veiled woman, and the light that seemed to cling about him was not the reflection of gold.
The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale
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