clutching
Example Sentences
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And I’ll make my financial case for how I justified writing a lump-sum check to a travel agency so large that I could picture my bank account clutching its proverbial pearls.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Siddiqi was spotted by police in Glasgow's Castlemilk area on 19 September, where he was clutching two phones and seemed "nervous".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Spain fans swarmed around Madison Square Garden with one clutching a replica trophy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
At the disaster sites, hundreds of national guardsmen and police stood idly by clutching their rifles and manning checkpoints, leaving residents to wonder why they weren’t grabbing shovels to help find survivors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Most men, if their grandson burst into a room dripping water and clutching a mythical creature to their chest, would begin by asking questions.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
