clutching
Example Sentences
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While fishing a canal, I spot an otter as it emerges from the water and climbs onto the opposite bank, clutching a writhing iguana in its paws and then diving back in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
After a briefing in a nearby car park, we troop down to the water's edge clutching white plastic buckets to begin the hunt.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Those queuing to meet her included a starstruck 21-year-old man clutching a 1980s vinyl album.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
At the disaster sites, hundreds of national guardsmen and police stood idly by clutching their rifles and manning checkpoints, leaving residents to wonder why they weren’t grabbing shovels to help find survivors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Opal fell asleep faster this time, one hand twined in the gold, the other clutching some straw.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
