clutches

Example Sentences

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Dinosaurs laid eggs and often produced sizable clutches at once.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 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

Some customers agree that the strike is the thing keeping them from returning to the leather-clad clutches of the coffeehouse.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025

DeShon clutches the ropes, almost tiptoeing from board to board.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes