clench one's jaw. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
clench a steering wheel. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And he saw the claw-like hands clench spasmodically. From Wordnik.com. [The Monster] Reference
Wims saw the colonel's face harden and his fist clench. From Wordnik.com. [I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon] Reference
We may clench the contrast by a representative example. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
When you get cut you clench your fists from the pain. From Wordnik.com. [New York Prepares for 9/11 Anniversary] Reference
We would clench our fists and stay as silent as possible. From Wordnik.com. [THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE WITH A CON ARTIST] Reference
I saw Ian clench his fist so hard his knuckles were white. From Wordnik.com. [Educating an American] Reference
Just as the bathroom door slammed open to clench him up again. From Wordnik.com. [Rest Stop] Reference
With a gulp which served to clench Hahmed's fingers, the wretched. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Love] Reference
He might put out his hand, clench it; the thin air made no answer. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
They are shy; they clench their fists in their pockets and grumble. From Wordnik.com. [Fuel And Fury] Reference
I slip a finger in alongside my tongue and feel your muscles clench. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
You clench like a sea anemone, not wanting to mar sensation with words. From Wordnik.com. [Edge of the World] Reference
Put them out in front of you, clench your fists, straighten your hands. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jack La Lanne Discusses a Life of Health and Fitness - July 17, 2000] Reference
The increasingly furrowed lines on his forehead made her stomach clench. From Wordnik.com. [Separation] Reference
Yakob tried to clench his teeth; but he bit the sausage at the same time. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
Angry tears well up and I clench my fists with the effort to hold them back. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Non-Believer] Reference
Mallory's hand clench itself as though to crush down some sudden, urgent motion. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
I saw his fingers clench the arm of his chair as if in an effort of self-control. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
I hold my hand out in front of me and clench my teeth as I push them back into place. From Wordnik.com. [Promises] Reference
Lilla's senses reached out to clench themselves upon the normality of her surroundings. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
He can clench his teeth and shake his head and obstinately refuse every morsel offered. From Wordnik.com. [The Nervous Child] Reference
The feral clench to his jaw, animal spark - drugged, but still very there - in his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Peacock King: Book 1, Chapter 1] Reference
"They seemed to clench and then he swallowed, but most of them did some thing like that.". From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
"It hurts," cries Lei -- then gives a clench-jawed laugh at what he's gotten himself into. From Wordnik.com. [Ouch! That Feels Better] Reference
He then proceeds to prove again his already proved position, and thus to clench his argument. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election] Reference
Ollivarez asserts that they are married, to clench the fib -- the Queen sees her folly -- the. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841] Reference
Did he purposely relapse into coarser words to clench home the whole damning, detestable truth?. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
Boy, there were times when you really had to clench your teeth just to keep from breaking down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 26, 2004] Reference
Do you become short of breath, physically hot, does your jaw clench or your heart begin to race?. From Wordnik.com. [Melanie Gorman: Got Anger? Managing Political Rage for Our Children's Sake] Reference
The monkeys didn't know all that, but they did realize they could clench and unclench the muscle. From Wordnik.com. [Monkey Studies Could Help Paralyzed Humans] Reference
I tried to clench my bound hands, for my pride in her was hurt; yet I could understand his power. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
The father is about to grasp the boy and lead him out, the people clench their fists threateningly. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
But when we are driving a nail it is well to know that it will be possible to eventually clench it. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
Front-de-Boeuf -- roll not thy eyes -- clench not thy hand, nor shake it at me with that gesture of menace!. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4] Reference
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