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
As he was moved into the ambulance “his jaw suddenly started to clench down”, she said.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024
It starts around 6:45 a.m. — a faint, faraway boom, followed by a low growl that makes my stomach tighten and hands clench.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023
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
Then my heart suddenly rises, rises so high I can feel my eyes popping open and my throat starting to clench, my own Noise coming all high hopeful white.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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