clamp
Example Sentences
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Photographic processes of the day called for lengthy camera exposures, which required that sitters be clamped into metal immobilizers to hold their heads steady.
Davidson had 10 points in the second alone, while the Hoosiers had just 13 total, USC’s defense clamping down after a sloppy start.
From Los Angeles Times
A DHS spokeswoman said Noem serves at the pleasure of the president and has successfully clamped down on inefficiencies to save billions of dollars, calling her efforts “a roaring success.”
She reaches for my hand, the one that’s not clamped around my phone.
From Literature
The roots clamped down around their arms and torsos.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
