clutch at
Example Sentences
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Webbed claws clutch at a rock, and slowly, awkwardly, the creature lifts her rounded, barrel-like body out of the river.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
Ten, fifteen, or twenty at a time would clutch at the tape, as it streamed out with its endless lines of quotations,” Miller wrote in the Chicago Tribune of Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025
Ferguson had a sizeable straw to clutch at given his side had won silverware in three successive campaigns.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025
Taylor Smith hit a 3 for the Musketeers with 35 seconds to go but Creighton was clutch at the line.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022
Davos lifted his maimed hand to clutch at the leather pouch that held his fingerbones.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
