clutching
Example Sentences
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These days, you’re as likely to see a #cleanliving West Village girl clutching a can of rocket fuel as you are a BMX-mounted daredevil or a nocturnal gamer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
And I’ll make my financial case for how I justified writing a lump-sum check to a travel agency so large that I could picture my bank account clutching its proverbial pearls.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 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
Spain fans swarmed around Madison Square Garden with one clutching a replica trophy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Only then, under the bright fluorescents, did he let the lighter go out, clutching it like a security blanket.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
