clutch

A clutch Davis triple on the other leading to a collective groan.

Or she’s clutching an "ibende" - a long wooden stick that over the years she has used to pound millet or cassava or maize.

So, cry if you must, wring your hands, clutch your pearls and then get back into it.

Only weeks earlier I’d run into a tarantula on the trail’s edge clutching a still-living insect in its long furry arms — several hikers were hovering over it, snapping photos with paparazzi-like fervor.

“We did so much of this. Our legs may be tired, but those muscles came in clutch!”