clutches

Example Sentences

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His left hand clutches a silver teapot in a gesture midway between a caress and a grasp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Claw machine lover Neiki Lee carefully lowers the metal jaws of a crane with a joystick into a pool of prizes, only to have the small toy slip from its clutches again and again.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

Dinosaurs laid eggs and often produced sizable clutches at once.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

They escaped the evil clutches of the gross neighbor kid next door, fled a toy collector’s plastic prison and even avoided an incinerator in one scene that scarred countless children around the world.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

Then we remembered; the last time it had happened, a cowhide sandal held under her nostrils was what had finally freed Bibi from the clutches of her torment.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri