clutch at

Example Sentences

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A wipe-out, without any straws to clutch at or fig leaves to hide behind.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

Webbed claws clutch at a rock, and slowly, awkwardly, the creature lifts her rounded, barrel-like body out of the river.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Ten, fifteen, or twenty at a time would clutch at the tape, as it streamed out with its endless lines of quotations,” Miller wrote in the Chicago Tribune of Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025

Needing a victory to advance in a win-or-else race in the 2016 playoffs, Harvick delivered in the clutch at New Hampshire and made the next round.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2023

But he passed like cold smoke through her arms, and though she felt his little hand clutch at her heart, it had no strength to hold on.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman