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I chose to read this edited collection piecemeal as I attempted to cling on board the whirligig of a new teaching year.
If you learn only the names of techniques and kata, then you would cling to them and lose sight of their true meaning.
The only way to get there is by an old bus, along the alarmingly narrow roads that cling to the sides of the mountains.
She plants tender climbing vines such as wisteria and sweet peas so they can cling to the warm stone walls.
Birds that cling to and climb the sides of trees, like woodpeckers and nuthatches, have strongly curved claws.
It amazes me that many people do not realize this and still cling to the outdated relics of the past.
As a woeful season comes to its inevitable end, I can only cling to two pathetic certainties, one sad, the other hopeful.
The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make it its home for life.
If you are with a lady friend, make sure you cling to her for dear life and make sure all gestures of affection are as ostentatious as possible.
Sherpa villages cling to the sides of sheer mountain slopes or sit on top of steep escarpments.
In such times, we cling desperately to the life raft of the First Amendment, yet we must also remain aware of its leaks and holes.
Without an institution to cling to, they are left to their own devices in all respects.
There's innumerable ways to skin a metallic cat so why cling to an outdated formula?
But when a temple of style and urban sophistication founders on ambience, food and service, it doesn't leave much to cling to.
He was seen tossing deckchairs into the water to give people who had already jumped overboard something to cling to.
On the other hand the countries of the South cling to the organisation and its charter.
But the biggest loser from our decision to cling gamely to the mortal coil is the National Health Service.
Ancient fluorescent lichens cling to rocks, and fluffy Arctic cotton softens the harshness of the landscape.
In other words, squeeze the life out of the game and see if they can sneak a goal and cling doggedly to the lead.
But some take what little hope they can, and cling onto it like a life preserver.
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Examples from Classical Literature
He must cling to his studio, hold desperately to this atmosphere of paint and canvasses.
This last he judged unwise, so that he was obliged to cling to YOLO itself.
During this time they cling to the swimming legs of the parent by means of their pincers.
Adah joins in his entreaties, and endeavours to cling to the sides of the vessel.
The well-known Virginian Creeper produces rootlets by means of which it can cling to very smooth surfaces.
He would cling to his anonymity to the bitter end, no matter what the cost.
If the hot water is applied first, the heat will cause the egg to coagulate and cling to the dishes.
After a while he will cling to some weed near the surface, and spin a chrysalis, from which the caddisfly will break forth.
He gave at the knees and was obliged to cling to a Chippendale cabinet for support.
She must have something to which she could cling if it were nothing more than a familiar routine.
I cling for a second to what is, and then I fling myself headlong into what is to be.
It really did not trouble Irene that Lorna should cling to this habit of closeness.
It is a constrictor, without poison fangs, which would cling to the hand or arm as Luke describes.
Lesbia had to cling on to Bunty with one hand, and to hold her dispatch case with the other.
The tube-feet usually have a tiny sucking disk at the tip, and by means of them the echinoderm can cling very firmly to rocks.
Losing the power to believe with vital faith in God and in the soul, men cling to the fantom life of cheap and vulgar pleasures.
Hold Hallie with one hand, hug the bank and cling to branches with the other.
Churchmen cling to it as a sheet anchor in controversy with Nonconformists.
It was her keeper who tore her away in the end, cling as she would to Michael, screaming all the while like a harridan.
But he was able to cling to the weapon, and meet each onslaught with hot metal.
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