clutch at
Example Sentences
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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
"There is not a lot of help out there at the moment, so you clutch at straws."
From BBC • May 19, 2025
Taylor Smith hit a 3 for the Musketeers with 35 seconds to go but Creighton was clutch at the line.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022
If I felt the gaff’s hold was uncertain, I would let go of it—I had not forgotten to secure it with a rope to the raft—and I would clutch at the fish with my hands.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
