CLENCH in a Sentence
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91 example sentences for CLENCH, such as:
1. Through clenched teeth she told him to leave.
2. I'll sit and clench my teeth and never tell you one thing.
3. Scarlett's nails dug into her palms as she clenched her fists.
4. Scarlett's eyes began to snap fire and her hands to clench and unclench.
5. but at that point he would stamp, or grind his teeth, and clench his fists.
2. I'll sit and clench my teeth and never tell you one thing.
3. Scarlett's nails dug into her palms as she clenched her fists.
4. Scarlett's eyes began to snap fire and her hands to clench and unclench.
5. but at that point he would stamp, or grind his teeth, and clench his fists.
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Meanings and Examples of CLENCH
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clench
v. close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
Classic Sentence: (89 in 6 pages)
1 I forgot to mention that he would talk to himself sometimes, and grin, and clench his fist, and grind his teeth, and pull his hair in an unaccountable manner.
2 His strong loose hands clench themselves, in his earnestness; and he emphasizes what he says with a right arm that shows, in my pigmy view, like a sledge-hammer.
3 It was in the state of my own feelings, I added bashfully: to clench the explanation.
4 The sound of Suellen's tears, just back of her shoulder, irritated her unbearably and she had to clench her fists to keep from turning and slapping the swollen face.
5 Scarlett's eyes began to snap fire and her hands to clench and unclench.
6 I'll sit and clench my teeth and never tell you one thing.
7 but at that point he would stamp, or grind his teeth, and clench his fists.
8 Ethan's hand dropped from the door-knob, which he had held clenched since he had drawn the door shut on Mattie.
9 For a moment such a flame of hate rose in him that it ran down his arm and clenched his fist against her.
10 She sprang to her feet, her hands clenched and he rose towering over her, his face full of the mute misery of one forced to face realities when realities are agonies.
11 She pounded her clenched fist against the tall white pillar beside her, and she wished that she were Samson, so that she could pull down all of Twelve Oaks and destroy every person in it.
12 I was crying because I'm so happy, and suddenly she opened her clenched palm and pressed some object that was in it to her lips.
13 She squeezed the clay so tightly it ran out from her clenched fist and she said over and over, parrot-like: "I've still got this."
14 Scarlett's nails dug into her palms as she clenched her fists.
15 She looked at it in horror and, before she thought, she swiftly clenched her fist.
Example Sentence:
1 "Open wide," said the dentist, but Clint seemed to clench his teeth even more tightly than before.
2 Through clenched teeth she told him to leave.