clutch

Example Sentences

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Through Frasers Group, Ashley holds significant minority stakes in a clutch of European retailers—positions he has used to pressure board changes, change dividend plans and push hostile takeovers.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the Turkish side of the Kapikoy-Razi border crossing, groups of travellers with large suitcases and children clutching teddy bears were trickling through the security checkpoint to seek shelter.

From Barron's

Before I knew it, the pair of us were clutching each other, bent double as we laughed till tears ran down our cheeks.

From Literature

If I had seen her that way last year I would have been sure she was a witch: wisps of white hair, wrinkled cheeks, long fingers clutching the coats that covered her.

From Literature

Atkinson and Murley were among a clutch of players who returned to their clubs last weekend to prove their fitness and form.

From BBC