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Synonyms for clutching

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kluhch
Phonetic Transcription : klʌtʃ

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Définition of clutching

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.
  • verb grab, snatch
Example sentences :
  • He climbed down with difficulty, clutching one hand with the other.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "I prythee that you will pardon me," said the knight, clutching his way along the bulwark.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • She was back again in the stuffy hotel room, clutching the sheet about her.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • "Let's git out, mister," cried Old Bill, clutching Mortimer's arm.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • That clutching pain of grief was real, so real it blotted everything out.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • He was screaming and clutching at his throat, trying to loosen his collar.
  • Extract from : « The Second Voice » by Mann Rubin
  • "Certainly not," Jan cried, clutching Tony lest he should fly off there and then.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • His long, thin fingers were clutching her clasped hands as with a vise.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • Clutching the rail, she swung round to face his lordship with that question.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The hand that had let him loose when his anger got the better of him with Csar was clutching at him again.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

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