clutch
Example Sentences
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This one may come back to bite England but straws need to be clutched.
From BBC
They are three points clear of a clutch of teams including Bundesliga leaders Bayern, who travelled to London with four wins out of four in the Champions League.
From Barron's
But as Wicks fell to the floor, Jud was onstage clutching a 6-foot cross and each of the other potential suspects was seated primly in their seats.
From Los Angeles Times
In Italian nappa leather, this petite clutch can corral her euro coins—and store international currency between trips.
The price surpassed Klimt’s $108.8 million previous auction record set by the 2023 sale of the Austrian symbolist’s “Lady With a Fan,” a portrait of a mysterious seminude woman clutching a hand fan.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.