clings

Britain clings to its Empire for the plunder it provides (13: 153); economically, it cannot afford to go on doing so (17: 340).

Orwell’s BBC Broadcasts: Colonial Discourse and the Rhetoric of Propaganda 2002

His name clings to the little harbour near Cape Sable, where he built his post of Lomeron, and antiquaries now alone fight over the site of the more famous fort at the mouth of the St. John, where a large and enterprising city has grown up since the English occupation.

Canada J. G. Bourinot

I suppose you did not come to New Amsterdam -- how the name clings!

The Shadow of the North A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign 1890

The colour is uncertain, but to every Christian mortal a name clings as closely as a shadow and, if I mention the initial letter of the one which adorns my lady, I believe I shall commit no offence that

In the Fire of the Forge — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

The colour is uncertain, but to every Christian mortal a name clings as closely as a shadow and, if I mention the initial letter of the one which adorns my lady, I believe I shall commit no offence that a court of love could condemn.

In the Fire of the Forge — Volume 02 Georg Ebers 1867

The colour is uncertain, but to every Christian mortal a name clings as closely as a shadow and, if I mention the initial letter of the one which adorns my lady, I believe I shall commit no offence that a court of love could condemn.

Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

A hideous silver label clings to a bottle of Dolcetto; frankly it is so bad it is degrading my wine rack!

thecookscottage 2009

But the longer I'm away, the less firmly that label clings to me - for I'm increasingly aware that the America I lived in is an America that's no longer there.

The White Peril 白禍 2008

But the longer I'm away, the less firmly that label clings to me - for I'm increasingly aware that the America I lived in is an America that's no longer there.

The White Peril 白禍 2008

Hamot means “bone” in a quite indefinite sense; to our English word clings the notion of singularity.

Chapter 2. The Elements of Speech 1921