Clenched

Examples

• He forced back the gathering shadows of death, as he forced his clenched right hand to remain clenched, and to cover his wound. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He was found stiff, his hands clenched, and pressed against his breast. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Her fist, clenched tight in his pocket, beat hard against his thigh. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• And Mr. Snodgrass took his cigar from his mouth, and struck the table violently with his clenched fist. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The other seized the die, and clenched his teeth upon it in sheer rage, as if he would bite it in pieces. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• One clenched hand contained a slip of paper, on which was written, To Athens. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And the child, looking in a very hard and piteous way at his father, bit his lips, clenched his hands, and didn't cry a bit. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As she did so, the woman paused in her work and looked up curiously, resting her clenched red fists on the wet cloth she had just drawn from her pail. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Stanley Hopkins swore between his teeth, and struck his thigh with his clenched hand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• She raised her clenched hand high, and brought it down, with a great downward stroke on to the face and on to the breast of Gerald. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Richard, his face flushing suddenly, strikes the desk with his clenched hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The man was too quick, and, ducking beneath it, himself delivered a mighty one, with clenched fist, in the pit of Kerchak's stomach. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Amidst this sordid scene, sat a man with his clenched hands resting on his knees, and his eyes bent on the ground. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She clenched her hands tight, and held her breath. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He lay on his back, with his teeth set, his right hand clenched on his breast, and his glaring eyes looking straight upward. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• As he would have struck with his own clenched fist if there had chanced to be nothing in it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And yet--and yet-- he clenched his thin hands in a paroxysm of conviction--I KNOW it's all wrong. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The Duke had dropped the last attempt at self-command, and was pacing the room with a convulsed face and with his clenched hands raving in the air. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• She saw his clenched, mechanical body moving there like an obsession. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She clenched her hand like one inspired. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He rushed wildly forward, and clenched the old man by the throat--but he was his father; and his arm fell powerless by his side. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There was a sudden jerk, a terrific convulsion of the limbs; and there he hung, with the open knife clenched in his stiffening hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The lecturer held up the tightly clenched right hand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was as if the night sang dirges with clenched teeth. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He beat upon his great chest with his clenched fists, and then he fell upon the body of Kala and sobbed out the pitiful sorrowing of his lonely heart. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It's not in her box, and I think it must be about her; but she is so twisted and clenched up that she is difficult to handle without hurting. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Witness you three,' cried the boy shaking his clenched fist, and becoming more and more excited as he spoke. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He closed the door behind him, and then he stood with clenched hands and heaving breast, choking down some overmastering emotion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Holmes shook his clenched hands in the air. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But her teeth were tight set, and she clenched the mug so hard that it was as much as I could do to get it back again. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

Checker: Nathan