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

Needing a victory to advance in a win-or-else race in the 2016 playoffs, Harvick delivered in the clutch at New Hampshire and made the next round.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2023

Through tear-blurred eyes Lyra saw her totter and clutch at a bench; her face, so beautiful and composed, grew in a moment haggard and horror-struck.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman