Synonyms for clutches

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kluhch

Phonetic Transcription : klʌtʃ

Définition of clutches

Origin : Old English clyccan "bring together, bend (the fingers), clench," from PIE *klukja- (cf. Swedish klyka "clamp, fork;" related to cling). Meaning "to grasp" is early 14c.; that of "to seize with the claws or clutches" is from late 14c. Sense of "hold tightly and close" is from c.1600. Influenced in meaning by Middle English cloke "a claw." Related: Clutched; clutching.

noun personal power

Example sentences :

But those who are caught in the clutches of celebrity at the age of twenty know nothing.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

It was with the greatest difficulty that I was delivered from the clutches of this demoniac.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

But the cage was pulling apart in his clutches as if made of reeds.
Extract from : « Wanderer of Infinity » by Harl Vincent

Once in their clutches, and there would be no pardon and no indemnity.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

"He is in the clutches of the Holy Office," answered Cavalcanti miserably.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

There is no question but that our business is to avoid by all means getting into his clutches.
Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon

If he disbelieved his mother, how long would she be able to keep it from his clutches?
Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various

Do you still remember how I tore you out of the clutches of the police?
Extract from : « Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) » by Frank Wedekind

"We are merely here to save a young lady from that villain's clutches," said Reg.
Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang

And again his author was snatched out of Mr. Vandeford's clutches.
Extract from : « Blue-grass and Broadway » by Maria Thompson Daviess

Antonyms for clutches

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