clutches

Example Sentences

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In the experiments, two clutches were arranged in double rings to match fossil evidence.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

The person at the handlebars, whose back Colin clutches in moments of adrenaline-infused intimacy, is Ray, played with a sense of flinty mystery by Mr. Skarsgård.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

They escaped the evil clutches of the gross neighbor kid next door, fled a toy collector’s plastic prison and even avoided an incinerator in one scene that scarred countless children around the world.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

In 2023 it looked as if the cycle of debate which had held the church in its clutches for so many years had been broken.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

She clutches it to her chest, and I grab for it.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman