Clenching
[klentʃiŋ]
Examples
- I don't know,' replied Sikes, clenching his teeth and turning white at the mere suggestion. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- With resolution,' said my aunt, shaking her cap at me, and clenching her hand. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I tell you,' said the man: clenching his hands, and stamping furiously on the floor,--'I tell you I won't have her put into the ground. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Truly, friend, said the Friar, clenching his huge fist, I will bestow a buffet on thee. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She crouched in front of the window, clenching her face in her hands, in a sort of trance. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Checker: Nathan