tight grasp
Example Sentences
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This pseudothumb comes in handy — pandas need a tight grasp as they gnaw at rigid bamboo.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022
Monroe fled Hollywood to New York and would go on to live with Greene's family in Connecticut as they hatched a plan to help her escape her film studio's tight grasp.
From Fox News • Oct. 26, 2019
Their strange feeding style begins with a bite, and a tight grasp of the crab's main body, or carapace.
From National Geographic • Apr. 6, 2018
The possibility of eradication referred to a specific subpopulation—the southern Beaufort Sea group—rather than all bears, but it’s not like the average TV viewer has a tight grasp of circumpolar geography.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2012
Irrelevantly, she wondered why they didn’t snap off in her tight grasp.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
