cluster tightly

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to form a group where members are very close together, often in a fixed or firm way

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Examples (10)

  • During the storm, the children clustered tightly around their mother for comfort.
  • The penguins clustered tightly together to conserve heat in the freezing winds.
  • In the city center, modern skyscrapers cluster tightly, creating a dense urban forest.
  • Frightened sheep will often cluster tightly in a corner of the field.
  • On the scatter plot, the data points cluster tightly around the regression line.
  • The fans had clustered tightly near the stage door, hoping to catch a glimpse of the band.
  • To survive, the bees cluster tightly around the queen throughout the winter.
  • The ancient houses cluster tightly on the hillside, connected by narrow, winding alleys.
  • For the group photo, the photographer asked us to cluster tightly together.
  • New stars cluster tightly in the nebula where they were born.