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
For a few seconds, I clutch at innocent explanations.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 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
Cold air, often pooled near the ground, seemed to clutch at our ankles and perhaps make us wonder whether longer socks might be in order.
From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2022
He started to vomit and clutch at the arms of the medic.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
