clutched
Example Sentences
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But defeat has been clutched from the jaws of victory before.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
A gaggle of emotional relatives clutched bouquets of flowers and placards bearing loved-ones' names as prisoners were released from Insein's barbed-wire boundary shortly before noon.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
And there was joy in his face as he skied down the final descent, poles clutched in one hand, his other fist raised in triumph as he came through the line.
From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026
Biery closed his order with a reproduction of the heartbreaking and now-viral photograph of 5-year-old Liam, wearing his blue doggie-eared beanie, his Spider-Man backpack clutched by an immigration agent.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
We’d spin around the studio with them clutched in our fists.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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