clench

You almost wanted him to clench his teeth, slam his fist, kick the lectern—anything to show that he was teed off.

It provokes a physical reaction in most of us—we jump up out of our chairs, grab at the air and clench our fists.

Young Dave's face wore a sudden malignant sympathy which made June clench her hands a little more tightly.

It means properly a small sum of money paid to clench a bargain, or to ratify an engagement.

Let this right hand, which I now raise in air, and clench in awful menace, warn you not to repeat the damning accusation.

Take the rifle”—handing it to her—“go a few yards back, and when I clench my open hand behind me, like this, shoot.

Look how some lie still clench'd with savages In all-embracing death, their bloody hands Glued in each other's hair!