clutching

Example Sentences

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As Debbie sat at the register inside, helping a steady flow of the shop’s final patrons, protesters gathered behind the building, clutching homemade posters and waiting for Jeremy to speak.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

"No words of compassion can ease this pain of loss, this burden of great suffering, when one must bury young people," the priest told black-clothed mourners, weeping or clutching flowers and holding each other.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Perhaps it should be emphasized that the company does not in fact specialize in farce, since the sight of Orpheus stumbling through a mental ward clutching his dead wife’s red shoe was fairly funny.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Salah, 33, was substituted in the 59th minute at Anfield after going down clutching his left leg.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Then she closes the door, and we set off down the street, Leah clutching Hannie’s hand and running so her little legs can keep up.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler