white knuckle

Example Sentences

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U.S. energy stocks have vaulted upward despite white-knuckle moments when oil prices seesawed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

So, in a new year, while we’re still holding onto resolutions with a white-knuckle grip, these are a few things that film culture should leave on the cutting room floor.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

If England's crushing defeat in the first Test was a white-knuckle helter-skelter, this opening day in Brisbane was a titanic struggle and not for the faint-hearted.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

Compared with Pacino’s outraged and outrageous Cohn, spraying a vulgarian’s spittle across Nichols’ magisterial “Angels,” Strong’s performance is a model of white-knuckle control, swaggering when Cohn exerts his power, wilting when he can’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024

The effort made him dizzy, and he had to white-knuckle the wood until his head cleared.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker