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Definition of the day : « clench »
- verb grasp
- Then he retreated a few steps further on seeing Silvere clench his fists.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- And as Silvere, pale and trembling more than she, began to clench his fists: "Stop!"
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- She made an impatient movement and he saw her clench the hand that was lying on the table.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- She had to clench her teeth to keep her lips from trembling.
- Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
- His hands, busily engaged in buttoning his gloves, did not clench.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- Then he tried to clench his fist in them without tearing them.
- Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
- Here his face darkened, and his fists could be seen to clench with much meaning.
- Extract from : « The Humbugs of the World » by P. T. Barnum
- His face, naturally so frank, seemed to clench up, as if he were riding at a fence.
- Extract from : « Saint's Progress » by John Galsworthy
- He loosed the clench of his hands about his knees and jumped to his feet.
- Extract from : « Sally of Missouri » by R. E. Young
- If he should clench his fist it is supposed to be a sign that his party will resist to the last.
- Extract from : « The Cannibal Islands » by R.M. Ballantyne