clutching
Example Sentences
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But, clutching her chest in pain as she jogged across the line, she still faced a race against time to recover.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
These days, you’re as likely to see a #cleanliving West Village girl clutching a can of rocket fuel as you are a BMX-mounted daredevil or a nocturnal gamer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
And I’ll make my financial case for how I justified writing a lump-sum check to a travel agency so large that I could picture my bank account clutching its proverbial pearls.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Those queuing to meet her included a starstruck 21-year-old man clutching a 1980s vinyl album.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Coal sat on the coffee table, still clutching the quilt to his chest.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
