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
Liverpool will look to their Champions League history as they clutch at the straws left behind from a brutal 5-2 demolition by Real Madrid - but reality dictates this particular miracle may be beyond them.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2023
A case could be made that the air around us on Sunday sought to clutch at us and suggest that we might wish to rest more and perspire less.
From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2022
Sometimes I feel like I’m trying to clutch at drips and drabs of my old best friend, hoping she’s still in there somewhere.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
