clench
Example Sentences
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I felt my heart clench, because it’s like, “Oh, there she really is.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
As he was moved into the ambulance “his jaw suddenly started to clench down”, she said.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024
Introduced to Stallone and his family, the Pope said how much he enjoyed the actor's films, prompting a smiling Stallone to clench his fists as if ready to spar, saying, "Ready, we box."
From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2023
“We confirmed that the left lower jaw of the mammal does indeed plunge into the rock to clench the ribs of the dinosaur,” Mallon says.
From Scientific American • Jul. 18, 2023
My hands clench, unclench; I hide them behind my back.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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