泣き縋る

なきすがる【泣き縋る】

cling to sb in tears.

●恋人の肩に泣きすがる cry on a lover's shoulder.

●赴任地へ帰る朝に 3 歳の娘に泣きすがられた. The morning I was headed back to my post, my 3 year-old daughter clung to me in tears [crying].