clutch at
Example Sentences
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Webbed claws clutch at a rock, and slowly, awkwardly, the creature lifts her rounded, barrel-like body out of the river.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Ten, fifteen, or twenty at a time would clutch at the tape, as it streamed out with its endless lines of quotations,” Miller wrote in the Chicago Tribune of Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2025
Liverpool will look to their Champions League history as they clutch at the straws left behind from a brutal 5-2 demolition by Real Madrid - but reality dictates this particular miracle may be beyond them.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2023
Cold air, often pooled near the ground, seemed to clutch at our ankles and perhaps make us wonder whether longer socks might be in order.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2022
I could hear Granda’s breathing and see Celia clutch at her knitting.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
