clench
Example Sentences
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I get up there, I’m like, smile, don’t look like you’re shaking inside, pop the hip, float your arm down, don’t clench your hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
"One of my most frequent tics is I clench my stomach and that makes me inhale air, which means that I'm constantly bloated," Smith says.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
I felt my heart clench, because it’s like, “Oh, there she really is.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
Introduced to Stallone and his family, the Pope said how much he enjoyed the actor's films, prompting a smiling Stallone to clench his fists as if ready to spar, saying, "Ready, we box."
From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2023
The question hits me like a punch—I feel my whole body clench around it.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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