Literary notes about Adhere (AI summary)
The word "adhere" serves as a versatile device in literature, evoking both literal and metaphorical attachments. In some passages, it vividly describes physical sticking—the spores of a fungus gripping onto a coffee tree’s leaves ([1]) or even objects like glass converging with a layer of ice between them ([2]). In other contexts, it conveys an unyielding commitment or steadfast loyalty, whether it be an adherence to moral principles ([3]), to long-held traditions ([4]), or to personal beliefs and oaths ([5], [6]). This duality allows writers to seamlessly blend tangible descriptions with abstract notions of fidelity and conviction, thereby enriching the text’s emotional and intellectual resonance.
- It is a microscopic fungus whose spores, carried by the wind, adhere to and germinate upon the leaves of the coffee tree
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - After working the pump for a minute or two, the glasses are found to adhere strongly together, and a thin layer of ice is seen between them.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - That is true; and to that opinion I shall always adhere.
— from Protagoras by Plato - Every superstitious custom that originated in a misinterpreted event or casualty entailed some tradition, to adhere to which is moral.
— from Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - "But it was not sufficient," say the adversaries of the proposed Constitution, "for the convention to adhere to the republican form.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and James Madison - But you that adhere to the Lord your God, are all alive until this present day.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
