Others, fearing their wooden houses would collapse, raced outside into open spaces where they clung to trees and telegraph poles.
He clung to the traditional view, stating that the problem was scientifically indeterminate.
What is noteworthy here is that the owners clung to their landed possessions, rather than opting to sell off their economically insignificant lots.
Evans also clung to the belief that the entire agrarian conflict had been manufactured by those in power and could be altered at their command.
Moreover, it clung to provocative street marches as the dominant mode of operation.
While two clung to its lower jaw, the others hurled themselves onto its back, with audible impacts.
The self-consciously centrist government, however, tenaciously clung to power across these years.
To others, he clung to his colonial elite privileges and aimed at keeping the popular classes in check.