clutching

Example Sentences

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Clutching a toothbrush and toothpaste, Kevin Lik waited for six hours in the main office of penal colony 14, near Arkhangelsk in Russia’s far north-west.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024

Clutching the birth certificates for his 4-day-old twins, Mohammad Abu Al-Qumsan strained against the crowd around Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital morgue and screamed to see his family one last time.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

Clutching a box of sweets and a shiny blue-and-white toy airplane, Mr. Singh and his teenage daughter, Navpreet Kaur, bowed outside the place of worship, Talhan Sahib in the North Indian state of Punjab.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2023

Clutching baby Olive to his chest, Guidus sprinted from the bar’s patio to the back of the property where other patrons were hiding among the hillside trees along an embankment.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

Clutching the viola case, I arrive at the conductor.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper